All over the world, כהן (Kahan 
, Cohen 
, Cahan , among others...) is a common predominantly male, but very seldom girly first name. The given name כהן is characteristic of Japan, where it is quite a rare male name, Israel, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare boy's name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Japan, India, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More prevalently, כהן is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Kahan | Japan, United Kingdom, United States, France, Israel |
| Cahan, Cohn, Cohen, Kohen | United Kingdom, United States, Canada, France, Israel |
| 科恩 | China |
| Коен | Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Israel |
| כהן | Israel |
| Коэн | Kyrgyzstan, Israel, Russia, Lithuania |
כהן is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Cohen the Barbarian , the fictional character from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel series, Discworld books and Koen Laenen , character in Spoed.
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שלום כהן Israeli politician, IL (b. 1926) |
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גבריאל כהן Israeli politician, IL (b. 1928) |
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חבקוק כהן IL (b. 1927) |
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| מנדל כהן IL (b. 1895) |
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זמיר כהן Israeli rabbi, IL (b. 1965) |
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אורן כהן IL (b. 1957) |
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| שלום י. כהן American-Israeli literary scholar and translator (1918–2007), IL (b. 1918) |
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אליעז כהן Israeli poet, IL (b. 1972) |
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אורן כהן Israeli stage actor, IL (b. 1980) |
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רותם כהן Israeli composer and singer, IL (b. 1980) |
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דניאל כהן Israeli conductor, IL (b. 1984) |
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כפיר כהן IL (b. 1976) |
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פלג כהן IL (b. 1983) |
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| דניאל כהן IL (b. 1945) |
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טמיר גונן כהן IL (b. 1997) |
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