Cohens Surname

506,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 647 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Cohens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cohens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6021:602,09149,009
Colombia191:2,514,42513,479
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
France21:33,211,361423,184
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Cohens (15) may also be a first name.

Cohens Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cohens Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Cohens is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cohens? popularity and diffusion

The last name Cohens is the 506,723rd most prevalent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 11,263,595 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Cohens reside; 78 percent reside in North America and 78 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Cohens is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held forename globally, borne by 15 people.

The last name Cohens is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 602 people, or 1 in 602,091. In The United States it is most frequent in: Florida, where 22 percent live, Georgia, where 9 percent live and Maryland, where 7 percent live. Outside of The United States Cohens exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Colombia, where 3 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.

Cohens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cohens has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 3,763 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cohens Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Cohens surname are 41.51% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 94.74% registered with the party.

The amount Cohens earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 374.02% more than the national average, earning R 1,126,460 per year; in Colombia they earn 29.78% less than the national average, earning $15,940,900 COP per year and in United States they earn 16.52% less than the national average, earning $36,022 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cohensh921/
Cohenns920/
Coens91752/
Coense8346/
Cohenz8323/
Cohins832/
Cohems832/
Coesens77232/
Coehins7718/
Caheins772/
Koens731,483/
Caens7357/
Coenz7315/
Qoens732/
Coessens71647/
Coettens711/
Koense67156/
Koenst6745/
Coence6723/
Couins6710/
Cuiens677/
Kohems671/
Koehns671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cohens
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