Köhn

Name: Köhn: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-10-13
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surname · Latin script

Meaning: Apocopated patronymic from the same short-form base; maps ö/oe vs o spelling

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 7 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024

Pronunciation:

Köhn is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country.

DEGermany≈1 in 12K(inferred from the name graph)
AGAntigua & Barbuda≈1 in 18Kfew records
SGSingapore≈1 in 30Kfew records

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Köhn itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

: Türkiye (measured from records)
: 2 (measured from records)
Record sources: 384 (measured from records)
: ≈1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts

KöhnLatin

קאןHebrew

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Kohn in US United States, DE Germany, GB United Kingdom and 3 more, Can in TR Türkiye and Koehn in BR Brazil.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

Apocopated patronymic from the same short-form base; maps ö/oe vs o spelling. Bearers: 3550.

Cited for this meaning 1

Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

Köhn counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Köhn is recorded, by country
Country					Most common spelling	Sources
TR Türkiye	—	230,085as Can	1 in 356	230K	Can	11
US United States	—	9,701	1 in 34K	9.9K	Kohn	384
DE Germany	#410	≈7,100 est.	≈1 in 12K	listed	Kohn	144
GB United Kingdom	—	≈1,400 est.	≈1 in 51K	4	Kohn	82
BR Brazil	—	1,280	1 in 165K	1.3K	Koehn	27
CH Switzerland	—	525as Can	1 in 16K	525	Kohn	18
NO Norway	—	392as Can	1 in 14K	392	Kohn	9
AG Antigua & Barbuda	#216	≈5 est.	≈1 in 18K	—	Kohn	1

230,085 people counted by TÜİK NIP — most used surnames, 2025. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: TÜİK NIP — most used surnames; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; the dfa-band-1 register; NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

Köhn is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

a separate name3 spellings in the group
Also written Ḳohn, Kohn
French surname4 spellings in the group
Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Canada
Also written Kohn
English given name153 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia
Languages: English, Chinese, German
Also written Ken, קן, Кен, Kohn, כן
Turkish surname4 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States, Türkiye
Also written Kohn
Indonesian surname4 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Indonesia
Languages: Indonesian, Malay
Also written Kohn

17 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses

Köhn is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

In German, Short-form names from Konrad; plate shows ö/o variation.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, aus dem Rufnamen ahd. kuoni / altsächs. kōni 'kühn'; patronymische Bildung
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Familienname; Vokalvariation ö/oe in Kurzformen aus Konrad; 5230 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name

Erich Köhnb. 1879DEGerman architect (1879-1967)
Heinz Köhnb. 1902DEGerman museum director (1902-1962)
Rosemarie Köhnb. 1939NONorwegian bishop (1939–2022)
Jutta Köhnb. 1951DEGerman politician
Brigitte Rohdeb. 1954DEnot in their usual nameEast German hurdler and sprinter
Jeanette Köhnb. 1968SESwedish actress
Maja Köhnb. 1975DEresearcher
Steffen Köhnb. 1980DEGerman film director
Philipp Köhnb. 1998CHSwiss association football player
Derrick Köhnb. 1999DEGerman association football (soccer) player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Köhn, (English)

InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence

13 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Köhn
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
CH Switzerland	BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)	2024	89	#12,103
DE Germany	Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 1	—	—	—

Reference works 5

Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
Wikipedia surname tokens
Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Köhn come from?: Apocopated patronymic from the same short-form base; maps ö/oe vs o spelling. Bearers: 3550. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus.
What does the name Köhn mean?: Recorded meaning: Apocopated patronymic from the same short-form base; maps ö/oe vs o spelling.
In which country does Köhn have the most bearers?: In Türkiye, the national register counted about 230 thousand people named Can, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Köhn?: In the United States, the national register counted 9,701 people named Köhn in 2010, about 1 in 34 thousand residents.
How common is Köhn compared with other names?: In Antigua & Barbuda, Köhn is the 216th most common surname of 30,187 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of 2026-10-13 and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Köhn” — the 216th most common surname in Antigua & Barbuda. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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