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    The surname Connors

    A surname, carried by 19,637 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C562

    Connors: #1,823 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Connors #1,823, 19,637 people Connors: #1,823 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Connors #1,823, 19,637 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Connors is more common than 98.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 19,637 people named Connors in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,723 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,320.

    #1,823
    rank among US surnames
    19,637
    people in 2010
    6.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.6%
    change since 2000 (was #1,703)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,814Doan19,76015,625
    #1,816Langston19,74215,639
    #1,817Sheffield19,73815,642
    #1,818Tackett19,73715,643
    #1,819Locklear19,71615,660
    #1,820Linares19,68815,682
    #1,822Marroquin19,66115,703

    Who is named Connors

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

    92% of people named Connors identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Connorss

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jimmy Connors
      American tennis player (born 1952)
    • Chuck Connors
      American athlete and actor (1921–1992)
    • Carol Connors
      American pornographic actress, born 1952
    • Buck Connors
      Actor (1880-1947)
    • Norman Connors
      American musician, born 1947
    • Peter Joseph Connors
      Australian Roman Catholic priest, born 1937

    Notable Connorss come mostly from the United States (5) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Connors

    Connors has the Soundex code C562, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C562.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Connors?
    19,637 people in the United States had the surname Connors in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,723 Americans. It ranked 1,823rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Connors?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Connors identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Connors?
    Jimmy Connors, American tennis player (born 1952), followed by Chuck Connors.
    Where is the surname Connors most common?
    Wikidata records people named Connors in the United States and Australia.
    Is the surname Connors getting more or less common?
    More common. 19,320 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,637 in 2010, up 1.6%.