# Converse (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/converse/  
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) | 4,400 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,554 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 70,169 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.9% (4,236 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The athletic equipment company is named after its founder, Marquis Mills Converse.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Converse 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Converse in the United States.

## People named Converse

- Frederick Converse, American classical music composer (1871-1940)
- Connie Converse, American musician
- Frank Converse, American actor
- Charles Crozat Converse, American attorney and composer

## Similar surnames

Conover, Confer, Convery, Chambers, Chamberlain, Chamberlin, Comfort, Camper, Cambron, Conforti, Cumberland, Cumberbatch.

## 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.