| ![Show Contents]() Kogan History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Israel Etymology of KoganWhat does the name Kogan mean? Jewish surnames were reserved for exceptional individuals, people who were scholars and poets. Therefore, families began to use their surnames as a sign of prominence because of their established family name. 1 The distinguished surname Kogan is a proud sign of an ancient Jewish culture. The surname Kogan is an occupational surname for a priest, and it comes from the Hebrew word "kohen." Traditionally, priests were considered to have been members of a hereditary caste, descended from Aaron, the brother of Moses. Not all Jewish bearers of the surname Kogan belong to this caste, however. When many Jews were being forced to join the Russian Army for a term of 25 years, a number of them changed their last name to Kogan, because members of the clergy were exempt from service. Kogan Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Cohen, Kahn, Cohan, Cohn, Coen, Kohn, Kohen, Cahan, Cahn, Cahen, Kahen, Cohane, Kahane, Kahan, Cohani, Cahani, Cahany, Kahany, Cahana, Kahana, Cohener, Kohener, Kohaner, Kahner, Kahaner, Cohansky, Cahansky, Kahansky, Kogen, Kogan, Cagan, Kagan, Kuhn and many more. Kogan RankingIn the United States, the name Kogan is the 16,869th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 3
| Kogan migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Kogan Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Harbor Kogan, who landed in Virginia in 1645 4
Kogan Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Patrick Kogan, aged 30, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1804 4
- John Kogan, who arrived in Charleston, South Carolina in 1859 4
| Contemporary Notables of the name Kogan (post 1700) | + |
- Gerald Kogan (1933-2021), American jurist, Justice of the Florida Supreme Court from 1987–1998, Chief Justice from 1996–1998
- Theo Kogan (b. 1969), American singer, songwriter, model, and actress
- Rick Kogan (b. 1951), American newspaperman, a Chicago radio personality and a noted author, son of Herman Kogan
- Herman Kogan (1914-1989), Jewish-American journalist
- Dmitri Pavlovich Kogan (1978-2017), Russian violinist and an Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation
- Pavel Leonidovich Kogan (b. 1952), Russian violinist and conductor
- Artur Kogan (b. 1974), Ukrainian–born, Israeli chess grandmaster
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- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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