# Cahn (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cahn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,358 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,803 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 227,353 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.7% (1,381 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cahn in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cahn in the United States.

## People named Cahn

- Edward L. Cahn, American film director and film editor (1899–1963)
- John W. Cahn, American materials scientist (1928–2016)
- Jonathan Cahn, American pastor & writer

## Similar surnames

Cain, Cano, Cohn, Caine, Cann, Coan, Cane, Can, Canoy, Chen, Chan, Chaney.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.