Connelly Surname
Approximately 50,418 people bear this surname
Connelly Surname Definition:
(Celtic) Conflict [Irish Conghalach, Congalach—Congal, a conflict + the pers. suff. -ach]
Read More About This SurnameConnelly Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 32,502 | 1:11,152 | 1,379 |
| England | 5,630 | 1:9,897 | 1,457 |
| Australia | 3,733 | 1:7,232 | 1,066 |
| Scotland | 3,475 | 1:1,541 | 277 |
| Canada | 2,254 | 1:16,347 | 2,365 |
| Ireland | 929 | 1:5,069 | 826 |
| New Zealand | 455 | 1:9,952 | 1,733 |
| South Africa | 311 | 1:174,205 | 19,257 |
| Northern Ireland | 283 | 1:6,520 | 1,175 |
| Wales | 196 | 1:15,788 | 1,710 |
| France | 63 | 1:1,054,329 | 115,549 |
| Thailand | 58 | 1:1,217,902 | 177,118 |
| Guyana | 52 | 1:14,658 | 1,995 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 41 | 1:33,268 | 3,344 |
| United Arab Emirates | 37 | 1:247,629 | 17,078 |
| Philippines | 35 | 1:2,892,521 | 138,859 |
| Spain | 28 | 1:1,669,716 | 48,608 |
| Mexico | 28 | 1:4,433,079 | 27,489 |
| Netherlands | 25 | 1:675,487 | 54,943 |
| Denmark | 24 | 1:235,196 | 18,480 |
| Israel | 23 | 1:372,071 | 30,321 |
| Germany | 19 | 1:4,237,129 | 172,669 |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | 1:812,539 | 55,590 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Japan | 10 | 1:12,784,429 | 45,945 |
| Jersey | 10 | 1:9,920 | 2,003 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Puerto Rico | 9 | 1:394,460 | 3,042 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 1:805,298 | 15,541 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Isle of Man | 6 | 1:14,304 | 3,169 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Cayman Islands | 3 | 1:21,298 | 1,488 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2,196 | 1:2,017 | 380 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,452 | 1:16,787 | 2,453 |
| Scotland | 1,225 | 1:3,056 | 519 |
| Wales | 110 | 1:14,258 | 848 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:17,294 | 2,528 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,936 | 1:6,328 | 793 |
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]
The Irish O'Connell, sans O.
(Celtic and Gaelic.) From conal, love, friendship.
Contracted from Mac Conghalaigh, 'Cong- halad's Son' (congal, 'a conflict').
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 Religious Adherence
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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 most common in The United States. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Connelly? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 11,143rd most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 144,543 people. This surname is primarily 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 frequent first name on earth, borne by 203 people.
This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 32,502 people, or 1 in 11,152. In The United States Connelly is mostly concentrated in: California, where 8 percent are found, Florida, where 6 percent are found and Massachusetts, where 6 percent are found. Barring The United States Connelly occurs in 81 countries. It also occurs in England, where 11 percent are found and Australia, where 7 percent are found.
Connelly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Connelly has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Connelly surname rose 410 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 388 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 284 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 58 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 178 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Connelly Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Connelly last name is primarily Catholic (94%) in Ireland and Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Connelly last name are 7.78% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.55% being registered with the political 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
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Connelly in the Arabic language | ||
| كونيللي | kwnylly | - |
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