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    The surname Conlan

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 2,141 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C545

    Conlan: #14,062 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Conlan #14,062, 2,141 people Conlan: #14,062 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Conlan #14,062, 2,141 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Conlan is more common than 91.3% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Conalláin (“descendant of Conallán”), a diminutive of the personal name Conall.

    Conlan 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 2,141 people named Conlan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,206 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,861.

    #14,062
    rank among US surnames
    2,141
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15%
    change since 2000 (was #14,653)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,058Stringfield2,142144,139
    #14,062Calhoon2,141144,206
    #14,064Frison2,140144,274
    #14,067Castiglione2,139144,341
    #14,070Mazon2,138144,409

    Who is named Conlan

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

    94% of people named Conlan identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Connellan

    Surnames that sound like Conlan

    Conlan has the Soundex code C545, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C545.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Conlan come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Conalláin (“descendant of Conallán”), a diminutive of the personal name Conall.
    How common is the surname Conlan?
    2,141 people in the United States had the surname Conlan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,206 Americans. It ranked 14,062nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Conlan?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Conlan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Conlan?
    Conlan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Conlan getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,861 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,141 in 2010, up 15%.
    What are other spellings of Conlan?
    Connellan.