Throughout the world, כוהן (Cohen 
, כוהן ) is quite a rare predominantly masculine, but scarcely feminine first name. The first name כוהן is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Israel, where it is quite a rare unisex name, and Australia, where it is a rare principally male, but scarcely feminine name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United States, and South Africa. Predominantly, כוהן is the last name as well as the forename.
כוהן is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Cohen the Barbarian , the fictional character from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel series, Discworld books.