Cohen

See also: cohen

English

Etymology

From Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kohén, “cohen”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊən/

Proper noun

Cohen (plural Cohens)

1. A surname from Hebrew. The most popular Jewish surname.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

Alternative forms

• Coen
• Cohan
• Cohn
• Kaine
• Kohen
• Kohn

Derived terms

• cohencidence
• cohencidental
• Cohenian
• Cohenist
• Cohen-Macaulay
• Cohen-Sutherland algorithm
• Hosaka-Cohen transformation

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cohen is the 351^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 89,091 individuals. Cohen is most common among White (88.89%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Cheon, Enoch, chone, enoch

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡soɦɛn]

Proper noun

Cohen m anim (female equivalent Cohenová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Cohen (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Cohen	Cohenové
genitive	Cohena	Cohenů
dative	Cohenovi	Cohenům
accusative	Cohena	Coheny
vocative	Cohene	Cohenové
locative	Cohenovi	Cohenech
instrumental	Cohenem	Coheny

Further reading

• “Cohen”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)