The Coen surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,400 people carried this name — #7,554 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 67,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,228 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Coen surname
A Jewish surname from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Coen» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 27 births for the Coen name in 1890.
They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Connacht. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 1,200 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 6 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Galway and Roscommon.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 472 people named Coen live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 168 people named Coen.
49 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Savoie.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 99 people named Coen live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
43 people named Coen live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 Coen,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jan Pieterszoon Coen 1587–1629 · merchant -
Clara Levi Coen d. 2013 · teacher
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Ann Maria Coen d. 2006
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Thomas Coen 1766–1847 · Catholic priest
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Armando Coen 1801–2000
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John Coen 1809–1860 · teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Coen.
- Coco 3,264 · U.S. census
- Cocozza 489 · U.S. census
- Coda 464 · U.S. census
- Coder 1,967 · U.S. census
- Codina 439 · U.S. census
- Coelho 5,593 · U.S. census
- Coene 182 · U.S. census
- Coenen 1,447 · U.S. census
- Coffard 127 · U.S. census
- Coffin 8,312 · U.S. census
- Coffy 359 · U.S. census
- Cogan 3,631 · U.S. census
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