# Kogan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kogan/  
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 Russian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Russian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,102 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,387 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 99,531 people |
| Change since 2000 | +15% (2,703 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Ко́ган (Kógan), the Russian version of the Jewish surname Cohen

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kogan 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kogan in the United States and Argentina.

## People named Kogan

- Jacob Kogan, American actor
- Valentina Kogan, Argentine handball player

## Similar surnames

Keegan, Kagan, Kochan, Kocian, Kuzma, Kozma, Kassim, Kazmi, Kawakami, Kassem, Kissane, Kazan.

## 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.