Cohén Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Cohén Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cohén Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Cohen (391,124) are calculated separately.

Cohén Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cohén has its highest incidence in Sweden. It can also occur in the variant forms: Cohen. Click here to see other potential spellings of Cohén.

How Common Is The Last Name Cohén? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,532,898th most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 53 percent of Cohén live; 42 percent live in Northern Europe and 42 percent live in Scandinavia.

Cohén is most widely held in Sweden, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 1,230,845. In Sweden it is most frequent in: Värmland County, where 50 percent live, Stockholm County, where 25 percent live and Blekinge County, where 13 percent live. Apart from Sweden Cohén exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 16 percent live and The United States, where 16 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cohen93391,124/
Coén891/
Cohin80537/
Cahén801/
Cohain7318/
Coehen738/
Cohenn736/
Coehne734/
Coohen734/
Cohien733/
Cohgen732/
Cohend732/
Cohyin731/
Cohind731/
Ccohen731/
Cohhen731/
Kcohen731/
Cohisn731/
Cohemn731/
Cohenc731/
Coen6711,808/
Coihuin6779/
Choohen678/
Chohain673/
D'Cohen672/
Koén671/
Cohenne671/
Cohennd671/
Coèn671/
Cohetin670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Cohén
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