Conger Surname
Approximately 9,603 people bear this surname
Conger Surname User-submission:
English origin, likely derived from the Old French word 'conger,' meaning 'eel'. This suggests the name may have originally been used for someone who was a fisherman or lived near a body of water where eels were abundant.
Read More About This SurnameConger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9,312 | 1:38,924 | 4,802 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Canada | 87 | 1:423,513 | 37,101 |
| Thailand | 27 | 1:2,616,235 | 275,741 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,038 | 1:24,641 | 3,069 |
Conger (1,671) may also be a first name.
Conger Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
English origin, likely derived from the Old French word 'conger,' meaning 'eel'. This suggests the name may have originally been used for someone who was a fisherman or lived near a body of water where eels were abundant. It may also be a shortened form of the Norman habitational name Belconger, from Bellencombre in France
- ethantownsendConger Demographics
Average Conger Salary in
United States
$44,436 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Conger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Conger Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Conger occurs most in The United States. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Conger? popularity and diffusion
It is the 53,195th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 758,882 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 87 percent of Conger live; 87 percent live in North America and 87 percent live in Anglo-North America. Conger is also the 188,322nd most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 1,671 people.
The surname Conger is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 9,312 people, or 1 in 38,924. In The United States Conger is mostly found in: Texas, where 10 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and Ohio, where 5 percent reside. Besides The United States it exists in 26 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
Conger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Conger has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 457 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 56 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Conger Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Conger surname are 11.09% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.86% registered with the party.
The amount Conger earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.98% more than the national average, earning $44,436 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.88% less than the national average, earning $48,250 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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