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    The surname Concannon

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 2,277 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C525

    Concannon: #13,376 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Concannon #13,376, 2,277 people Concannon: #13,376 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Concannon #13,376, 2,277 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Concannon is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Conceannainn (“descendant of Conceannann”), a personal name composed of the elements cú (“hound”), ceann (“head”) and fionn (“fair, white”).

    Concannon is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,277 people named Concannon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,593 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,294.

    #13,376
    rank among US surnames
    2,277
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #12,410)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,368Isler2,280135,415
    #13,370Hatmaker2,279135,474
    #13,375Picone2,278135,534
    #13,376Ferland2,277135,593
    #13,383Gunnell2,276135,653

    Who is named Concannon

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Concannon identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    Concannon has the Soundex code C525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C525.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Concannon come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Conceannainn (“descendant of Conceannann”), a personal name composed of the elements cú (“hound”), ceann (“head”) and fionn (“fair, white”).
    How common is the surname Concannon?
    2,277 people in the United States had the surname Concannon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,593 Americans. It ranked 13,376th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Concannon?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Concannon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Concannon?
    Concannon is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Concannon getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,294 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,277 in 2010, down 0.7%.
    What are other spellings of Concannon?
    Kincannon.