How common is the surname Coen?

4,400 people in the United States had the surname Coen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,169 Americans. It ranked 7,554th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Coen?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Coen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Coen?

Joel Coen, American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and editor (born 1954), followed by Ethan Coen.

Where is the surname Coen most common?

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

Is the surname Coen getting more or less common?

More common. 4,228 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,400 in 2010, up 4.1%.

Is Coen also a first name?

Yes. Coen is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Coen

A Hebrew surname, carried by 4,400 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C500 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coen is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

Hebrew origin

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

One of 51 Hebrew surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,400 people named Coen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,169 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,228.

#7,554

rank among US surnames

4,400

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #7,271)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,550	Landes	4,404	70,106
#7,552	Kroeger	4,402	70,138
#7,553	Tai	4,401	70,153
#7,554	Teasley	4,400	70,169
#7,558	Toma	4,399	70,185

Who is named Coen

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Coen identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Coens

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1957

Notable Coens come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Coen

Coen has the Soundex code C500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C500.

Other Hebrew surnames

All 51 Hebrew surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Coen come from?: * (Jewish): Variant of Cohen. * (given name): As a modern given name, also a variant of Koen.
How common is the surname Coen?: 4,400 people in the United States had the surname Coen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,169 Americans. It ranked 7,554th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coen?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Coen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Coen?: Joel Coen, American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and editor (born 1954), followed by Ethan Coen.
Where is the surname Coen most common?: Wikidata records people named Coen in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Coen getting more or less common?: More common. 4,228 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,400 in 2010, up 4.1%.
Is Coen also a first name?: Yes. Coen is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.