About the Kons Surname

Your Kons ancestor may well appear as Kohn in earlier records. Its meaning, shared with Kohn, is “A descendant of Kuno, a pet form of names beginning”.

A variant of Kohn

Before spelling was fixed, Kohn was also written Kons. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Related forms: Kohnen, Koehne and Kahn.

Arms associated with the name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Kons, so the heraldry linked to Kohn is a starting point, not an automatic right.

Get the complete Kons report, with a museum-style coat of arms.