How common is the surname Kohan?

1,578 people in the United States had the surname Kohan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,656 Americans. It ranked 17,752nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kohan?

In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Kohan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kohan?

Jenji Kohan, American television writer, producer, and director.

Where is the surname Kohan most common?

Wikidata records people named Kohan in the United States.

Is the surname Kohan getting more or less common?

More common. 1,104 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,578 in 2010, up 43%.

The surname Kohan

A surname, carried by 1,578 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kohan is more common than 89.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,578 people named Kohan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,656 Americans. That is up 43% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,104.

#17,752

rank among US surnames

1,578

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+42.9%

change since 2000 (was #21,916)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,745	Zacher	1,579	195,532
#17,752	Deo	1,578	195,656

Who is named Kohan

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

86% of people named Kohan identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kohans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jenji Kohan
American television writer, producer, and director, born 1969

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kohan

Kohan has the Soundex code K500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K500.

Questions

How common is the surname Kohan?: 1,578 people in the United States had the surname Kohan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,656 Americans. It ranked 17,752nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kohan?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Kohan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kohan?: Jenji Kohan, American television writer, producer, and director.
Where is the surname Kohan most common?: Wikidata records people named Kohan in the United States.
Is the surname Kohan getting more or less common?: More common. 1,104 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,578 in 2010, up 43%.