How common is the surname Connery?

1,695 people in the United States had the surname Connery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,151 Americans. It ranked 16,839th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Connery?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Connery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Connery most common?

Wikidata records people named Connery in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Connery getting more or less common?

More common. 1,521 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,695 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Connery

An Irish surname, carried by 1,695 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Connery is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Conroy.

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 1,695 people named Connery in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 182,151 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,521.

#16,839

rank among US surnames

1,695

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+11.4%

change since 2000 (was #17,180)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,833	Kaser	1,696	182,043
#16,839	Sowinski	1,695	182,151
#16,848	Stoehr	1,694	182,258

Who is named Connery

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

91% of people named Connery identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Connerys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jason Connery
British actor, born 1963

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Connery

Connery has the Soundex code C560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C560.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Connery come from?: Variant of Conroy.
How common is the surname Connery?: 1,695 people in the United States had the surname Connery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,151 Americans. It ranked 16,839th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Connery?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Connery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Connery?: Jason Connery, British actor.
Where is the surname Connery most common?: Wikidata records people named Connery in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Connery getting more or less common?: More common. 1,521 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,695 in 2010, up 11%.