Kohan is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kohan
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Kohan

How popular is Kohan?

Kohan is common in United States.

Kohan is ranked 34501 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Kohans grew by 42.93478 per cent to 1578 since 2000 and ranked 17752 after elevating 4164 spots. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 86.44 91.21
Hispanic or Latino 6.27 4.62
Black 2.6 0.72
Others 2.41 2.54
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
2.28 0
Kohan is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Iran which signifies that it is originated from Iran. Around 14437 people have been found who wears Kohan as their family name. Kohan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
19,452 Malaysia3
32,086 Mexico3
7,683 Latvia3
44,018 Poland2
7,299 Estonia2
1,521 Montenegro2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
9,926 Ivory Coast1
37,493 Austria1
7,292 Vietnam1
15,162 Costa Rica1
37,779 Serbia1
107,212 South Africa1
91,024 Belgium1
42,479 Greece1
6,212 Jamaica1
17,575 Kuwait1
1,819 Laos1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
38,830 Morocco1
118,015 Netherlands1
10,683 Cyprus1
36,814 Romania1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
36,678 Singapore1
24,771 Colombia1
5,553 Taiwan1
31,207 Ireland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
46,489 Australia43
32,867 Belarus36
28,564 Switzerland36
197,587 Indonesia34
57,245 Spain31
41,454 Czech Republic28
378,102 India24
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
42,407 Sweden22
94,051 Kazakhstan19
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
36,026 Canada91
67,110 Italy90
104,308 France86
145,861 Russia70
56,298 England65
Countries with hundreds of Kohan:
2,064 Israel554
1,488 Paraguay397
3,160 Hungary393
16,380 Turkey384
40,920 Brazil270
38,477 Germany269
24,317 Ukraine226
7,193 Chile135
8,562 Slovakia124
Countries with thousands of Kohan:
1,820 Iran6,346
1,616 Argentina2,927
19,295 United States1,676
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Shoemaker Michael Kohan from Ireland aboard the J S Dewolf from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 30 years old when he arrived in USA on October 14, 1848.

Kohan Namesakes

  • Alireza Kohandairy, Film Score Composer
  • Mohammad Mayeli Kohan, Soccer player
  • Buz Kohan, Writer
  • Rhea Kohan, Novelist
  • Jenji Kohan, Television writer
  • Jenji Kohan, Television writer
  • Galia Kohan, Actress
  • Malachi Jara Kohan, Actor
  • Jenji Kohan, Television writer
  • David Kohan, Television producer
  • In 2013 drama, musical film, La vida anterior, Paula Kohan played N.
  • Hassan Kohan, from 1983 action film Khak o khoon, who characterized N.

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