The Cahen surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 131 people carried this name — #129,825 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is down 11% from 147 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 536 people named Cahen.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 47 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
20 people named Cahen live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Cahen,
with a public archive behind them.
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Simon Cahn 1759–1833 · rabbi -
Coralie Cahen 1832–1899 · sculptor -
Moïse Cahen 1785– · physician
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Samuel Cahen 1796–1862 · writer
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Jacob Cahen 1818–1883
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Mayer Cahen 1823–1866 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cahen.
- Cael 120 · U.S. census
- Caetano 985 · U.S. census
- Caffarel 111 · U.S. census
- Cafiero 747 · U.S. census
- Cage 5,372 · U.S. census
- Cagnon 104 · U.S. census
- Cahn 1,358 · U.S. census
- Caiazzo 867 · U.S. census
- Cail 1,353 · U.S. census
- Caillet 176 · U.S. census
- Caillier 522 · U.S. census
- Caillouet 630 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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