# Conroy (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,651 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,184 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,542 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (16,309 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Condrey, Condry, Connery, Conrey |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Conraoi (“descendant of Cú Raoi”). It is also an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Conaire (“descendant of Conaire”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Conroy 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Conroy in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.

## People named Conroy

- Frances Conroy, American actress
- Kevin Conroy, American actor (1955–2022)
- Pat Conroy, American novelist (1945-2016)
- John Conroy, British army officer who served as comptroller to the Duchess of Kent; (1786-1854)
- Craig Conroy, American ice hockey player
- Anthony Conroy, American ice hockey player (1895-1978)
- Zack Conroy, American actor
- Frank Conroy, British actor (1890-1964)
- Will Conroy, American basketball player (born 1982)
- Robert Conroy, American writer (1938-2014)

## Similar surnames

Conner, Connor, Connery, Conyer, Comer, Camara, Coomer, Chamorro, Chmura, Chenier, Camero, Canary.

## 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.