How common is the surname Conlon?

7,845 people in the United States had the surname Conlon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,356 Americans. It ranked 4,518th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Conlon?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Conlon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Conlon?

James Conlon, American conductor, followed by Marty Conlon.

Where is the surname Conlon most common?

Wikidata records people named Conlon in the United States.

Is the surname Conlon getting more or less common?

More common. 7,456 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,845 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname Conlon

An Irish surname, carried by 7,845 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C545

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Conlon is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

From Irish Ó Connalláin, which could be from con (“hound”) + leon (“lion”), though the second element could instead be from gal (“valor”), similar to O'Connell.

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 7,845 people named Conlon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,356 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,456.

#4,518

rank among US surnames

7,845

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,398)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,509	Quesada	7,870	39,231
#4,510	Mei	7,867	39,246
#4,512	Hyland	7,862	39,271
#4,513	Lemaster	7,858	39,291
#4,514	Ballew	7,857	39,296
#4,515	Riordan	7,848	39,341
#4,517	Volpe	7,847	39,346

Who is named Conlon

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

95% of people named Conlon identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Conlons

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Conlon
American conductor, born 1950
Marty Conlon
American basketball player, born 1968

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Conlan

Surnames that sound like Conlon

Conlon 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 Conlon come from?: From Irish Ó Connalláin, which could be from con (“hound”) + leon (“lion”), though the second element could instead be from gal (“valor”), similar to O'Connell.
How common is the surname Conlon?: 7,845 people in the United States had the surname Conlon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,356 Americans. It ranked 4,518th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Conlon?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Conlon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Conlon?: James Conlon, American conductor, followed by Marty Conlon.
Where is the surname Conlon most common?: Wikidata records people named Conlon in the United States.
Is the surname Conlon getting more or less common?: More common. 7,456 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,845 in 2010, up 5.2%.
What are other spellings of Conlon?: Conlan.