English: habitational name from Cowclough in the parish of
Whitworth, Lancashire, recorded in the 13th century as
Colleclogh, probably named with the Old English byname
Cola (see Cole 2) + Old English cloh ‘ravine’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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