How common is the surname Kohn?

9,701 people in the United States had the surname Kohn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,826 Americans. It ranked 3,673rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Kohn?

Walter Kohn, American physicist (1923–2016), followed by Richard Kohn.

Where is the surname Kohn most common?

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

Is the surname Kohn getting more or less common?

More common. 9,006 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,701 in 2010, up 7.7%.

The surname Kohn

A Hebrew surname, carried by 9,701 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kohn is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

Hebrew origin

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

One of 51 Hebrew surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,701 people named Kohn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,826 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,006.

#3,673

rank among US surnames

9,701

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+7.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,625)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,668	Heckman	9,709	31,800
#3,670	Tinoco	9,707	31,806
#3,672	Luce	9,704	31,816
#3,673	Kohn	9,701	31,826

Who is named Kohn

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

91% of people named Kohn identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kohns

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Walter Kohn
American physicist (1923–2016)
Richard Kohn
Association football player (1888-1963)
Mike Kohn
American bobsledder, born 1972
Hans Kohn
American historian (1891-1971)
Salomon Kohn
Austrian writer (1825-1904)
Alfie Kohn
American author and lecturer, born 1957
Théodore Kohn
Archbishop from Olomouc, 1845–1915
Robert V. Kohn
American mathematician and academic, 1953–2026
Sonja Kohn
Austrian banker, born 1948
Erwin Kohn
Austria table tennis player (1911-1994)

Notable Kohns come mostly from the United States (4), Austria (3) and Canada (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kohn

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

Other Hebrew surnames

All 51 Hebrew surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kohn come from?: * As a Jewish surname, variant of Cohen. * As a north German surname (also Köhn), Low German form of Konrad. Compare Koehn, and Kane.
How common is the surname Kohn?: 9,701 people in the United States had the surname Kohn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,826 Americans. It ranked 3,673rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kohn?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Kohn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Kohn?: Walter Kohn, American physicist (1923–2016), followed by Richard Kohn.
Where is the surname Kohn most common?: Wikidata records people named Kohn in the United States, Austria and Canada.
Is the surname Kohn getting more or less common?: More common. 9,006 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,701 in 2010, up 7.7%.