Cohan: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Cohan is a branch of the Cohen name tree. The name is usually explained as “Priest”.

How the spelling arose

Before spelling was fixed, Cohen was also written Cohan. The same family of names includes Cohn and Coen.

Cohan by the numbers

In the 2010 US Census, 2,480 Americans gave Cohan as their last name (rank 12,500). 284 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Cohan name at birth. Births ran at 12 in 1891–1900 and 35 in 1991–2000.

Heraldry and the Cohan name

Arms linked to Cohen and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Get the complete Cohan report, with a museum-style coat of arms.