Last name Cowles (Cowles 
, كولز, Коулз 
) , around the globe, is quite a common cognomen. The cognomen Cowles is habitual in New Zealand, where it is quite a rare surname, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada.
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| Cowles | Canada, New Zealand, Australia, United States, United Kingdom |
| Коулз | Russia, Ukraine |
| esther cowles (18 May 1697 - certain 22 Jul 1776) (b. 1697) |
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george cowles American adjutant general (1780-1860), US (b. 1780) |
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austin cowles US (b. 1792) |
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betsy mix cowles American abolitionist (1810-1876) (b. 1810) |
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eunice caldwell cowles American educator (1811-1903), US (b. 1811) |
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george w. cowles American politician, US (b. 1823) |
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edwin cowles American newspaper publisher, US (b. 1825) |
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alfred cowles, sr. American businessman, part owner of the Chicago Tribune late 1800s, US (b. 1832) |
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| julia cowles diarist; born 1785; died 1803, US (b. 1785) |
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edward cowles American psychiatrist, US (b. 1837) |
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william h. h. cowles American politician (1840-1901), US (b. 1840) |
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william s. cowles United States admiral (1846-1923), US (b. 1846) |
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| henry b. cowles American politician (1798-1873), US (b. 1798) |
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| henry cowles American theological scholar (b. 1803) |
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| samuel hooker cowles (b. 1798) |
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