surname and Conway is also a surname of Welsh origin) German: Kohn, Cohn, Kogen, Kohen, Korn, Prohn, Prohen, Chapman, Kuhn, Kahn, Cahn, Kane, Kaner, Konel, Cön/Coen, Jachmann, Jachmann-Kohn, Jachkone, Kogenmann, Kogenman, Kogner, Kogener, Kagen, Cohner, Kohner, Kahnmann, Kahaneman, Cahnmann, Korenfeld Armenian: Kohanian, Kohanyan Basque: Apeztegui ("priestly house"), Apéstegui, Apesteguia, Apaestegui, Aphesteguy Dutch: Cohen, Käin, Kohen, Chapman, Chaplin, Kohn, Kon, Cogen French: Cahen, Cohen, Caen, Cahun, Chapman, Chon, Kahane, Kohen Georgian: Koenishvili, Kohen Greek: Koen, Kots, Kotais, Kotatis, Kothanis (see Romaniote Jews) Somali: Kaahin Hungarian: Kohn, Kohen, Korn, Korenfeld, Káhán, Konel Italian: Coen, Cohen, Kohen, Prohen, Sacerdote ("priest"), Sacerdoti, Sacerdoti Coen, Rappaport (and variants) Serbian: Koen, Kohen, Kon, Kojen Persian: Koaen, Kohan, Kohen, Kohanzâd, Kohanchi, Kohani, Kohanqâdoš, Kohanteb Polish: Kon, Kochan, Chapman, Jach, Kaplan, Kaplin, Kaplon Portuguese: Cão, Cunha, Coutinho, Correia, Coelho Romanian: Cozer Russian: Kogan, Kogen, Kogon, Kogensohn, Kagan, Kaganovich, Kaganovsky, Kohen, Kokhen (Kochen), Kazhdan/Kazdan/Kasdan (in Hebrew, this name is spelled "kaf-shin-daled-nun" and is an acronym for "Kohanei Shluchei DeShmaya Ninhu," which is Aramaic for "priests are the messengers of heaven") Spanish: Coen, Cohen, Koen, Kohen, Cannoh, Canno, Canoh, Coy, Cano, Cao, Corena, Correa Turkish: Kohen, Köhen, Akohen, Erkohen, Kohener, Özsezikli, Duek, Dovek, Kan, Bildirici, Şapkacıoğlu, Öztuzcu, Yanarocak Arabic: al-Kohen, al-Kahen, al-Kahin, Tawil, Tabili, Taguili Ancient/Modern Hebrew: Kohen, HaKohen, ben-Kohen, bar-Kohen, Koheni, Kahana, Kohanim, Kohen-Tzedek/Kohen-Tzadik (Katz) Others: Maze, Mazo, Mazer (acronym of the Hebrew phrase mi zera Aharon, meaning "from [the] seed [of] Aaron [the Kohen/Priest]"), Azoulai (acronym of the Hebrew phrase ishah zonah ve'challelah lo yikachu, meaning "a foreign [non-Israelite woman] or divorced [Israelite woman] shall not he [a Kohen] take": prohibition binding on kohanim), Kahane In contemporary Israel, "Moshe Cohen" is the equivalent of "John Smith" in English-speaking countries – i.e., proverbially the most common of names. Seder One common interpretation of the practice of having three pieces of matzah on a Seder plate is that they represent "Kohen, Levi and Yisrael" (i.e., the priests, the tribe of Levi, and all other Jewish people). Outside Judaism According to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, either "literal descendants of Aaron", or worthy Melchizedek priesthood holders have the legal right to constitute the Presiding Bishopric under the authority of the First Presidency (). To date, all men who have served on the Presiding Bishopric have been Melchizedek priesthood holders, and none have been publicly identified as descendants of Aaron. See also Mormonism and Judaism. References in popular culture