The Kogan Family Name

Whether you spell it Kogan or Kagan, the story begins in the same place. Name scholars give the meaning as “'The rabbi or teacher”. Spelled with “o” instead of “a”, Kogan shows how the same name was heard and written differently. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Other spellings include Kagen.

The 2010 US Census counted 3,102 people named Kogan, ranking it number 10,387 among American surnames. That puts it among the top 25,000 US surnames.

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