Kohan Surname
Approximately 12,921 people bear this surname
Kohan Surname User-submission:
This surname comes from 'cohen' what means priest in Hebrew.
Kohan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 7,190 | 1:10,679 | 1,423 |
| United States | 1,814 | 1:199,812 | 19,657 |
| Ukraine | 1,775 | 1:25,647 | 3,676 |
| Argentina | 1,021 | 1:41,864 | 3,519 |
| Thailand | 180 | 1:392,435 | 68,893 |
| Ivory Coast | 151 | 1:152,790 | 7,105 |
| Hungary | 103 | 1:95,304 | 9,307 |
| Canada | 91 | 1:404,897 | 35,698 |
| Slovakia | 70 | 1:76,235 | 14,799 |
| Chile | 62 | 1:284,137 | 8,321 |
| Brazil | 39 | 1:5,489,085 | 137,424 |
| Romania | 36 | 1:557,719 | 41,269 |
| Russia | 32 | 1:4,503,846 | 209,401 |
| Australia | 31 | 1:870,829 | 53,581 |
| Germany | 31 | 1:2,596,950 | 129,424 |
| Indonesia | 30 | 1:4,408,306 | 217,989 |
| Czechia | 28 | 1:379,767 | 44,481 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Spain | 20 | 1:2,337,602 | 57,118 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| Belarus | 16 | 1:593,816 | 52,198 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Turkey | 12 | 1:6,485,118 | 119,359 |
| Afghanistan | 10 | 1:3,215,318 | 18,974 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Paraguay | 5 | 1:1,447,349 | 11,454 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 14 | 1:316,419 | 12,423 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
The alternate forms: Kohán (247) are calculated separately.
Kohan (3,242) may also be a first name.
Kohan Surname Meaning
Kohan Demographics
Average Kohan Salary in
United States
$48,988 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kohan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kohan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kohan (Bengali: কোহন, Hindi: कोहन, Marathi: कोहन) occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Kohán. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kohan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kohan is the 40,545th most commonly used surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 564,008 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 58 percent of Kohan are found; 56 percent are found in South Asia and 56 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 125,865th most prevalent forename internationally. It is borne by 3,242 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Iran, where it is borne by 7,190 people, or 1 in 10,679. In Iran Kohan is most numerous in: Fars Province, where 21 percent live, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 13 percent live and Tehran Province, where 12 percent live. Other than Iran this last name exists in 67 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent live and Ukraine, where 14 percent live.
Kohan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kohan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kohan surname grew 9,547 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 1,150 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 93 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Kohan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Kohan surname are 41.43% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 94.66% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kohan earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 40.7% less than the national average, earning 205,218 kr per year; in United States they earn 13.53% more than the national average, earning $48,988 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.98% more than the national average, earning $65,074 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kohan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kohan in the Bengali language | ||
| কোহন | kohana | - |
| Kohan in the Hindi language | ||
| कोहन | kohana | - |
| Kohan in the Marathi language | ||
| कोहन | kohana | 57.89 |
| कोहान | kohana | 31.58 |
| खौन | khauna | 10.53 |
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Footnotes
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