Connelly Surname

11,143rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50,418 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Connelly Surname Definition:

(Celtic) Conflict [Irish Conghalach, Congalach—Congal, a conflict + the pers. suff. -ach]

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Connelly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States32,5021:11,1521,379
England5,6301:9,8971,457
Australia3,7331:7,2321,066
Scotland3,4751:1,541277
Canada2,2541:16,3472,365
Ireland9291:5,069826
New Zealand4551:9,9521,733
South Africa3111:174,20519,257
Northern Ireland2831:6,5201,175
Wales1961:15,7881,710
France631:1,054,329115,549
Thailand581:1,217,902177,118
Guyana521:14,6581,995
Trinidad and Tobago411:33,2683,344
United Arab Emirates371:247,62917,078
Philippines351:2,892,521138,859
Spain281:1,669,71648,608
Mexico281:4,433,07927,489
Netherlands251:675,48754,943
Denmark241:235,19618,480
Israel231:372,07130,321
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
Zimbabwe191:812,53955,590
Papua New Guinea151:543,58166,712
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Japan101:12,784,42945,945
Jersey101:9,9202,003
Norway91:571,36544,190
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Puerto Rico91:394,4603,042
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Guam81:20,0153,029
Lebanon71:805,29815,541
China71:195,331,65210,124
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Isle of Man61:14,3043,169
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Cayman Islands31:21,2981,488
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Saint Lucia21:89,3902,918
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Barbados21:143,7241,981
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Belize11:355,4743,977
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Macau11:601,6301,582
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2,1961:2,017380
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4521:16,7872,453
Scotland1,2251:3,056519
Wales1101:14,258848
Jersey31:17,2942,528
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,9361:6,328793

Connelly (203) may also be a first name.

Connelly Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) Conflict [Irish Conghalach, Congalach—Congal, a conflict + the pers. suff. -ach]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The Irish O'Connell, sans O.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Celtic and Gaelic.) From conal, love, friendship.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Contracted from Mac Conghalaigh, 'Cong- halad's Son' (congal, 'a conflict').

Manx Names (1890) by Arthur William Moore

User-submitted Reference

The ancient clan name MacConghaile (later Ó Conghaile) was anglicised as Conneely and other variants. The name is derived from the ancient Gaelic cu meaning 'hound', with the modern interpretation being 'son of the hound'.

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Connelly Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Connelly Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Connelly (Arabic: كونيللي) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Connelly? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 11,143rd most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 144,543 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 58 percent of Connelly reside; 57 percent reside in North America and 57 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 635,584th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 203 people.

The surname Connelly is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 32,502 people, or 1 in 11,152. In The United States Connelly is most frequent in: California, where 8 percent reside, Florida, where 6 percent reside and Massachusetts, where 6 percent reside. Besides The United States Connelly is found in 81 countries. It is also common in England, where 11 percent reside and Australia, where 7 percent reside.

Connelly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Connelly has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Connelly last name increased 410 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 388 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 284 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 58 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 178 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Connelly Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (94%) in Ireland and Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Connelly surname are 7.78% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.55% being registered with the party.

The amount Connelly earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 27.5% more than the national average, earning 441,244 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 83.14% more than the national average, earning R 435,204 per year; in United States they earn 12.51% more than the national average, earning $48,548 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.28% more than the national average, earning $51,807 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Connelly Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Connelly in the Arabic language
كونيلليkwnylly-

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