Kohnen Coat of Arms, Crest and Name Facts

Kohnen is an established spelling of the German surname Kohn. Name scholars give the meaning as “A descendant of Kuno, a pet form of names beginning”. The ending -en in Kohnen is a typical German derivative of the root behind Kohn. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. The same family of names includes Koehne, Kons and Kahn.

About 914 people in the United States were recorded as Kohnen in 2010, placing it 26,654 on the national list.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Kohnen, so the heraldry linked to Kohn is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Kohnen report, with a museum-style coat of arms.