# Cohen (surname)

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

A surname from Hebrew. The most popular Jewish surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 89,091 |
| US rank (2010) | 351 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,466 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (87,226 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkoʊən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kohén, “cohen”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cohen 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cohen in the United States, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Russian Empire, Israel and Brazil.

## People named Cohen

- Stanley Cohen, American biochemist
- Paul Cohen, American mathematician
- Sasha Cohen, American figure skater
- Bram Cohen, American programmer, creator of BitTorrent protocol
- Rob Cohen, American film director and producer
- William Cohen, American politician (born 1940)
- Lynn Cohen, American actress (1933–2020)
- Michael Cohen, American attorney and Republican official
- Larry Cohen, American film producer, director, and screenwriter (1936–2019)
- David X. Cohen, American television writer (born 1966)
- Stanley Norman Cohen, American geneticist
- Stephen F. Cohen, American historian (1938-2020)

and 57 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Cohan, Cohoon, Chen, Coon, Conn, Cheney, Coyne, Cone, Cohn, Cowen, Coen, Chien.

## 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.