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    The surname Conn

    A surname, carried by 15,089 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C500

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Conn is more common than 98.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,089 people named Conn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,462 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,553.

    #2,404
    rank among US surnames
    15,089
    people in 2010
    5.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #2,288)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,395Mohammed15,13220,403
    #2,396Purdy15,12620,412
    #2,398Falcon15,12520,413
    #2,399Flint15,12320,416
    #2,401Wagoner15,11820,422
    #2,402Fajardo15,10020,447
    #2,403Briones15,09820,449

    Who is named Conn

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

    91% of people named Conn identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Conns

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Shelley Conn
      British actress, born 1976
    • Didi Conn
      American actress (born 1951)
    • Herbert William Conn
      American bacteriologist and educator (1859-1917)
    • Billy Conn
      American boxer (1917–1993)
    • Terri Conn
      Actress, born 1975
    • Jerome W. Conn
      American endocrinologist (1907-1994)

    Notable Conns come mostly from the United States (5) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Conn

    Conn has the Soundex code C500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Conn?
    15,089 people in the United States had the surname Conn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,462 Americans. It ranked 2,404th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Conn?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Conn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Conn?
    Shelley Conn, British actress, followed by Didi Conn.
    Where is the surname Conn most common?
    Wikidata records people named Conn in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Conn getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,553 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,089 in 2010, up 3.7%.