Surname כהן

Family name כהן (Kahan , Cohen , Cahan , among others...) , all over the world, is a widespread cognomen. The last name כהן is characteristic of Israel, where it is a prevalent surname, Monaco, where it is quite a common surname, and Bermuda (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Israel, the United States, and France. Much less frequently, כהן is the forename as well as the last name.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name כהן

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Kahan	France, United Kingdom, United States, Israel, Japan
Cohn, Kohen, Cohen, Cahan	Canada, France, United Kingdom, United States, Israel
科恩	China
Коен	Ukraine, Bulgaria, Russia, Israel, Kyrgyzstan
כהן	Israel
Коэн	Russia, Israel, Lithuania, Kyrgyzstan

Last names said to be same

Cahn, Coen, Cohan, Kagan, Kahn, Khhn, Khn, Koen, Kogan, Kohan, Kohn, Kons, Κάγκαν, Каган, Кан, Коган, Кон, Кун, כהאן, כוגן, קאהאן, קאהן, קגן, קהן, خان, كاجان, كون, كوهن, カーン, コーエン, コーン, 卡恩, 卡汉, 柯恩, 柯根, and 科根

Notable namesakes

	טוביה כהן Polish physician, IL (b. 1652)
	יעקב כהן writer from Israel (1881-1960), IL (b. 1881)
	משה כהן Russian-born Israeli physician and politician, IL (b. 1888)
	דוד כהן Zionist activist (1894-1976), IL (b. 1894)
	בנו כהן Israeli politician (1894-1975), IL (b. 1894)
	אפרים כהן IL (b. 1885)
	יעקב שלמה כהן IL (b. 1889)
	יוסף כהן-צדק Israeli linguist, IL (b. 1904)
	אהרן חיים כהן Israeli activist, IL (b. 1906)
	אידוב כהן Israeli politician, IL (b. 1909)
	אהרן כהן Israeli politician and Arabist (1910-1980), IL (b. 1910)
	ירדנה כהן Israeli dancer, dance teacher and choreographer, IL (b. 1910)
	חיים הרמן כהן Israeli judge, DE (b. 1911)
	יהודה כהן Israeli judge (1914-2009), IL (b. 1914)
	אלי כהן IL (b. 1905)