Coen Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

In census returns, Coen often stands in for Cohen. At root, the name means “Priest”. Without the “h” of Cohen, Coen is a simpler written form of the same name.

The 2010 US Census counted 4,400 people named Coen, ranking it number 7,554 among American surnames. It sits within the 10,000 most common last names in the country.

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