How common is the surname Connelly?

23,398 people in the United States had the surname Connelly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,195 Americans. It ranked 1,537th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Connelly?

Jennifer Connelly, American actress (born 1970), followed by Michael Connelly.

Where is the surname Connelly most common?

Wikidata records people named Connelly in the United States.

How do you pronounce Connelly?

Connelly is /ˈkɒnəli/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Connelly getting more or less common?

More common. 22,747 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,398 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Connelly

An Irish surname, carried by 23,398 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɒnəli/ 3 syllables Soundex C540

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Connelly is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicised form of the Irish surnames Ó Conghalaigh and Ó Conghaile, patronyms of the given name Conghalach.

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 23,398 people named Connelly in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,195 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 22,747.

#1,537

rank among US surnames

23,398

people in 2010

7.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,443)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,528	Pagan	23,474	13,153
#1,529	McGhee	23,461	13,160
#1,530	Post	23,458	13,162
#1,531	Montalvo	23,454	13,164
#1,532	Zhou	23,437	13,173
#1,533	Prado	23,436	13,174
#1,534	Heard	23,408	13,190

Who is named Connelly

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

92% of people named Connelly identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Connellys

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jennifer Connelly
American actress (born 1970)
Michael Connelly
American novelist, journalist, crime fiction writer, and screenwriter (born 1956)
Marc Connelly
American playwright (1890-1980)
Christopher Connelly
American actor (1941–1988)
Edward Connelly
Actor (1858-1928)
Bobby Connelly
American actor (1909–1922)
Cornelia Connelly
American nun, foundress, venerable (1809-1879)
Joan Breton Connelly
Archaeologist and academic, born 1954

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Connelly

Connelly has the Soundex code C540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C540.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Connelly come from?: Anglicised form of the Irish surnames Ó Conghalaigh and Ó Conghaile, patronyms of the given name Conghalach.
How common is the surname Connelly?: 23,398 people in the United States had the surname Connelly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,195 Americans. It ranked 1,537th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Connelly?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Connelly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Connelly?: Jennifer Connelly, American actress (born 1970), followed by Michael Connelly.
Where is the surname Connelly most common?: Wikidata records people named Connelly in the United States.
How do you pronounce Connelly?: Connelly is /ˈkɒnəli/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Connelly getting more or less common?: More common. 22,747 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,398 in 2010, up 2.9%.