Cohn is used as a family name or surname in Israel, Ireland, Germany, Belgium. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cohn
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Israel, Ireland, Germany, Belgium
Meaning:

Cohn is variant form of Coyne. See Coyney - The manor of Weston Coyney, in the parish of Caverswall, county of Stafford, seems to have been in possession of the family from temp. Henry III. The family probably came from Coigni, near Coutances, in Normandy.

The variant of Cowne. Probably Cound, a parish in county of Salop.

A form of the Cohen. A common Jewish surname,- the Herbew for priest. Nearly sixty traders of this name occur in London Direct.

A variant of Kohn. Descendant of Kuno, a pet form of names beginning with Kun meaning "brave," as Chunrad and Kunimund; Can also be a variant of Cohen.

A variant of Kilcoyne. The son of the gentle youth.

The priest. Ths name indicates a family claiming descent from Aaron, the high priest.

Cohn is the variant of Coen. Grandson of Comhghan meaning "twin".

Cohn is the variant form of Cohen. The priest. Ths name indicates a family claiming descent from Aaron, the high priest.

The variation of Conn. Descendant of Conn, pet form of Constantine meaning "constant".

Cohn is the variant of Coyne. Grandson of Conn meaning "reason or a free man".

Lastname Cohn is variation of Coin. Of the corner.

The Cohn is the variation of Chowne. Castle Cliiowne, Clnoune, Chun, or Choon, in Cornwall, is a very ancient ruin. See Archajologia, XXII.

300. Davies Gilbert says that this appellation "is well known to mean a house in a croft." Hist. Cornw. iii. 244. Chun, a Welsh family name, is probably identical in signification. Found as Chone in Hundred Rolls. The Chownes of Kent and Sussex were said to be descended from a follower of the Conqueror, who came from La Vendee.

How popular is Cohn?

Cohn is common in United States, Germany, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Australia, England, South Africa, Canada, Argentina, France, Israel, Netherlands.

Cohn is ranked 27873 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Cohns plummeted by 4.39 per cent to 9426 since 2000 and slipped by 429 spots and ranked at 3758. The last name was found in around 3 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.61 91.91
Black 4.65 4.09
Hispanic or Latino 3.41 2.27
Others 1.19 0.92
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.95 0.64
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.19 0.17
Cohn is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Northern Mariana Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 19306 people have been found who wears Cohn as their family name. Cohn is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Cohn:
2,794 United States16,283
Countries with hundreds of Cohn:
20,643 Germany458
30,218 Brazil256
2,198 Dominican Republic254
12,326 Australia244
19,544 England235
25,383 South Africa217
17,189 Canada215
18,043 Argentina195
59,152 France165
8,960 Israel117
22,601 Netherlands112
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,037 Denmark95
10,193 Sweden68
6,129 Uruguay61
8,852 Chile57
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
21,684 Switzerland31
5,002 Panama25
47,365 Belgium24
301,565 Thailand22
13,424 Ecuador19
26,733 Venezuela13
18,211 Singapore13
35,657 Norway13
28,985 Peru11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
78,608 Spain10
6,100 Guatemala9
118,213 Italy7
25,488 Scotland7
9,769 Paraguay7
40,014 New Zealand7
56,696 Romania6
939 Northern Mariana Islands6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Johan Cohn from Great Britain aboard the Clutha from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 23 years old when he arrived in USA on June 19, 1849. Farmer G. Cohn, G. Cohn, aged 8 months old, 20 years old Michael Cohn, P.M. Cohn, aged 36, 23 years old Catherine Cohn, Immigrant My. Cohn, are others that migrated to US.

From Italy

Peddler Samuel Cohn from Italy aboard the Venezuela from Curacao & La Guaira. He is registered to be 32 years old when he arrived in New York on September 7, 1892.

From Germany

Zander Cohn was 17 years old when he migrated to New York on June 18, 1852. He lived in Prussia where he worked as clerk and took Sir Robert Peel from Hamburg. 20 years old Babette Cohn, Fanny Cohn (16) Clerk, Pauline Cohn, Jesaias Cohn (25) Tanner, David Cohn (18) Tailor, Hermann Cohn (26) Farmer, Bertha Cohn (22) Farmer, Victor Cohn (20) Mason, and 1762 other Cohn around 30.89% of whom were merchant while others worked as tanner and tailor, daughter, laborer, shoemaker, furrier, farmer and mechanic, baker, servant, butcher, doctor, cigar maker, doctor of medicine, peddler, carpenter, tradesman, musician, tinsmith, printer, joiner, tourist, domestic, dealer, teacher, hatter, dressmaker, glazier, barber, gentleman, farm laborer, sailor, traveler, spinster, professor, mechanic, painter, trader, cap maker migrated to US.

Cohn Namesakes

  • Nik Cohn, British rock journalist, born in London in 1946
  • Ferdinand Cohn, German biologist
  • Gustav Cohn, German economist
  • Timothy A. Cohn, American hydrologist with the US Geological Survey
  • Alfred A. Cohn, author, journalist and newspaper editor
  • Adolphe Cohn, Franco-American educator, born in Paris
  • Jonathan Cohn, American author and journalist
  • Tobias Cohn, Polish-Jewish physician of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
  • Irving Cohn, British-American songwriter, best
  • Wilhelm Cohn, German chess master
  • Erich Cohn, German chess master
  • Stephen Cohn, American composer of concert and film music living
  • Werner Cohn, sociologist
  • James Cohn, American composer born February 12, 1928 in Newark
  • Rebecca Cohn, American politician
  • Edwin Joseph Cohn, early protein scientist
  • Mildred Cohn, American biochemist
  • Nathan Cohn, member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity
  • Emil Cohn, German physicist
  • Roy Cohn, American lawyer best
  • Linda Cohn, American sportscaster
  • Norman Cohn, British academic
  • Mindy Cohn, American actress, voice actress and singer
  • Harry Cohn, co-founder, president
  • Arthur Cohn, film producer
  • Marc Cohn, Grammy Award-winning American folk rock singer-songwriter and musician best
  • Nudie Cohn, American tailor
  • Ruth Cohn, psychotherapist, educator, and poet
  • Al Cohn, American jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer
  • Cindy Cohn, American civil liberties attorney specializing
  • Gretta Cohn, cellist
  • Marthe Cohn, author and Holocaust survivor
  • Avern Cohn, Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Cohn Namesakes

  • Nik Cohn, British rock journalist, born in London in 1946
  • Ferdinand Cohn, German biologist
  • Gustav Cohn, German economist
  • Timothy A. Cohn, American hydrologist with the US Geological Survey
  • Alfred A. Cohn, author, journalist and newspaper editor
  • Adolphe Cohn, Franco-American educator, born in Paris
  • Jonathan Cohn, American author and journalist
  • Tobias Cohn, Polish-Jewish physician of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
  • Irving Cohn, British-American songwriter, best
  • Wilhelm Cohn, German chess master
  • Erich Cohn, German chess master
  • Stephen Cohn, American composer of concert and film music living
  • Werner Cohn, sociologist
  • James Cohn, American composer born February 12, 1928 in Newark
  • Rebecca Cohn, American politician
  • Edwin Joseph Cohn, early protein scientist
  • Mildred Cohn, American biochemist
  • Nathan Cohn, member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity
  • Emil Cohn, German physicist
  • Roy Cohn, American lawyer best
  • Linda Cohn, American sportscaster
  • Norman Cohn, British academic
  • Mindy Cohn, American actress, voice actress and singer
  • Harry Cohn, co-founder, president
  • Arthur Cohn, film producer
  • Marc Cohn, Grammy Award-winning American folk rock singer-songwriter and musician best
  • Nudie Cohn, American tailor
  • Ruth Cohn, psychotherapist, educator, and poet
  • Al Cohn, American jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer
  • Cindy Cohn, American civil liberties attorney specializing
  • Gretta Cohn, cellist
  • Marthe Cohn, author and Holocaust survivor
  • Avern Cohn, Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

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