How common is the surname Cohan?

2,480 people in the United States had the surname Cohan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,494 Americans. It ranked 12,500th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cohan?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Cohan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Cohan?

Lauren Cohan, American-British actress, followed by George M. Cohan.

Where is the surname Cohan most common?

Wikidata records people named Cohan in the United States.

Is the surname Cohan getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,501 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,480 in 2010, down 0.8%.

The surname Cohan

A surname, carried by 2,480 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cohan is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

A variant of either Cohane or Cohen.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,480 people named Cohan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,494 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,501.

#12,500

rank among US surnames

2,480

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-0.8%

change since 2000 (was #11,530)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,491	Laplant	2,482	124,394
#12,496	Justiniano	2,481	124,444
#12,500	Howey	2,480	124,494
#12,504	Gum	2,479	124,544

Who is named Cohan

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

93% of people named Cohan identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cohans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lauren Cohan
American-British actress, born 1982
George M. Cohan
American entertainer, composer and playwright (1878–1942)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cohan

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

Questions

Where does the surname Cohan come from?: A variant of either Cohane or Cohen.
How common is the surname Cohan?: 2,480 people in the United States had the surname Cohan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,494 Americans. It ranked 12,500th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cohan?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Cohan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Cohan?: Lauren Cohan, American-British actress, followed by George M. Cohan.
Where is the surname Cohan most common?: Wikidata records people named Cohan in the United States.
Is the surname Cohan getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,501 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,480 in 2010, down 0.8%.