Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surname Conger

    A surname, carried by 6,737 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C526

    Conger: #5,192 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Conger #5,192, 6,737 people Conger: #5,192 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Conger #5,192, 6,737 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Conger is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    Unexplained.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,737 people named Conger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,828 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 6,725.

    #5,192
    rank among US surnames
    6,737
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #4,800)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,185Roeder6,74245,794
    #5,187Aziz6,74045,808
    #5,191Loftin6,73945,815
    #5,192Albritton6,73745,828
    #5,194Wisdom6,73445,849
    #5,195Bremer6,73345,856

    Who is named Conger

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

    93% of people named Conger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Congers

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Demetrius Conger
      American basketball player (born 1990)
    • Omar D. Conger
      American politician (1818–1898)

    Questions

    Where does the surname Conger come from?
    Unexplained.
    How common is the surname Conger?
    6,737 people in the United States had the surname Conger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,828 Americans. It ranked 5,192nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Conger?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Conger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Conger?
    Demetrius Conger, American basketball player (born 1990), followed by Omar D. Conger.
    Where is the surname Conger most common?
    Wikidata records people named Conger in the United States.
    Is the surname Conger getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,725 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,737 in 2010, up 0.2%.