# Conrad (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/conrad/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 40,707 |
| US rank (2010) | 848 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,585 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.5% (40,102 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɑnɹæd/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

A variant of German Konrad, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Kōnirād, from *kōnī (“bold, brave”) + *rād (“counsel”). Cognate of Old English Cēnrēd, Dutch Koenraad and Icelandic Konráð.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Conrad in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Conrad in the United States, Austria, the Kingdom of Denmark and Bolivia.

## People named Conrad

- Pete Conrad, American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–1999)
- William Conrad, American actor and director (1920-1994)
- Lauren Conrad, American television personality, author, and fashion designer
- Robert Conrad, American actor (1935–2020)
- David Conrad, American actor
- Kent Conrad, American politician (born 1948)
- Jimmy Conrad, American soccer player
- Michael Conrad, American actor (1925-1983)
- Tony Conrad, American filmmaker, violinist and composer (1940-2016)
- Charles Magill Conrad, American politician (1804–1878)
- Timothy Abbott Conrad, American paleontologist, malacologist, and geologist (1803–1877)
- Chris Conrad, American actor

and 8 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Conard, Coonrod, Chouinard, Cammarata, Camarda.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.