The Coenen surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,447 people carried this name — #18,883 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 204,100 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,360 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 3,123 people named Coenen 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 Limburg.
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 58 people named Coenen.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Paris.
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 print
Coenen in American newspapers,
1897–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,407 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Coenen,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hendrikus Albertus Diedericus Coenen 1818–1907 · politician -
Johannes Meinardus Coenen 1824–1899 · composer -
Frans Coenen 1826–1904 · composer -
Willem Coenen 1836–1918 · composer -
Cornelis Coenen 1837–1913 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 105 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Coenen.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Coenen is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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