Könen

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Schreibvariante von Kohnen; die Karte zeigt ö/oe gegenüber o

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

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

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 235K(measured from records)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 6.2Kas Koenen
  • DEGermany≈1 in 30Kas Koenen

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 Könen 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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈24,000 people, est.

Sources
210 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 58K (inferred from the name graph)

China, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Koenen in DE Germany, NL Netherlands, SG Singapore and 1 more and Konen in US United States, CN China.

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(measured from records)

recorded in German

Schreibvariante von Kohnen; die Karte zeigt ö/oe gegenüber o. Belege: 526.

Sources 1

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

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Könen 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 Könen is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈24,000 est.≈1 in 58K—Konen2
NL Netherlands#6082,773as Koenen1 in 6.2K2.8KKoenen82
DE Germany—≈2,700 est.≈1 in 30KlistedKoenen100
CD Congo - Kinshasa—≈1,800 est.≈1 in 55K—Koenen1
US United States—1,4161 in 235K1.4KKonen210
SG Singapore—≈150 est.≈1 in 41K—Koenen4

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; the dfa-band-1 register; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). 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(inferred from the name graph)

Könen is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Turkish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States

    Also written Konen

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Konen

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, United States

    Also written Konen

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Konen

  • Greek surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Greece

    Also written Konen

  • Japanese surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Japan, India

    Also written Konen, Kōnen

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Konen

2 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(measured from records)

Könen is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Swedish, definite plural of kön

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In nds, can, to be able to

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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(measured from records)

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Könen
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
DE GermanyDeutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 1———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Könen mean?
Recorded meaning: Schreibvariante von Kohnen; die Karte zeigt ö/oe gegenüber o.
In which country does Könen have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 24 thousand people named Könen in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled konen.
How common is the name Könen?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,416 people named Könen in 2010, about 1 in 235 thousand residents.
How common is Könen compared with other names?
In the Netherlands, Könen is the 608th most common surname of 284,143 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 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, “Könen” — the 608th most common surname in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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