English: habitational name from places in Lancashire and
Gloucestershire called Cowhill, from Old English cu ‘cow’ +
hyll ‘hill’.possibly also an Americanized form of
Polish, Jewish, and Sorbian Kowal.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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