Cohen Family History
Cohen Name Meaning
Jewish: from Hebrew kohen ‘priest’. Priests are
traditionally regarded as members of a hereditary caste descended from
Aaron, brother of Moses. See also Kaplan. ABIrish
deleted.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Cohen Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cohen families
 4,557 - 9,111  1,520 - 4,556 |
 1 - 1,519  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Cohen families
|
2,056 - 4,109 686 - 2,055 |
1 - 685 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cohen families
|
53 - 103 18 - 52 |
1 - 17 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Cohen Family Origin
Cohen Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Cohen
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Cohen Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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