# Coen (surname)

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

A Jewish surname from Hebrew.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,400 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,554 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 70,169 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.1% (4,228 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* (Jewish): Variant of Cohen. * (given name): As a modern given name, also a variant of Koen.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Coen 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Coen in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Coen

- Joel Coen, American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and editor (born 1954)
- Ethan Coen, American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and editor (born 1957)
- Enrico Coen, British biologist

## Similar surnames

Coon, Conn, Cooney, Coyne, Cone, Cohn, Coney, Coan, Coin, Chen, Cohen, Cowan.

## 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.