# Kohn (surname)

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

A Jewish surname from Hebrew.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,701 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,673 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 31,826 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.7% (9,006 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Jewish surname, variant of Cohen. * As a north German surname (also Köhn), Low German form of Konrad. Compare Koehn, and Kane.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kohn 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kohn in the United States, Austria and Canada.

## People named Kohn

- Walter Kohn, American physicist (1923–2016)
- Richard Kohn, association football player (1888-1963)
- Mike Kohn, American bobsledder
- Hans Kohn, American historian (1891-1971)
- Salomon Kohn, Austrian writer (1825-1904)
- Alfie Kohn, American author and lecturer
- Théodore Kohn, Archbishop from Olomouc
- Robert V. Kohn, American mathematician and academic
- Sonja Kohn, Austrian banker
- Erwin Kohn, Austria table tennis player (1911-1994)

## Similar surnames

Kuhn, Kahn, Koehn, Koon, Kone, Koen, Kono, Khan, Kwon, Kohan, Keohane, Kim.

## 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.