Cocea or Cocéa is a Romanian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alice Cocéa (1899–1970), Romanian-born French actress and singer Dina Cocea (1912–2008), Romanian actress Dinu Cocea (1929–2013), Romanian actor, film director and screenwriter N. D. Cocea (1880–1949), Romanian journalist, writer, critic and activist Sofia Cocea (1839–1861), Moldavian, later Romanian essayist, poet and activist