Conover Surname

41,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,541 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Conover Surname Definition:

Name of forty families in the New York Directory; also found in Ohio. From some local name (perhaps Condover co. Salop), compounded of over, a bank; from Anglo-Saxon ofer, a margin, brink, bank, shore. Hence the surname Peckover.

Conover Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States12,3711:29,2993,635
Canada941:391,97434,739
Mexico141:8,866,15837,743
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
England71:7,959,723202,100
Panama61:652,04310,051
France61:11,070,454349,096
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
China21:683,660,78330,601
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Iceland11:380,09011,096
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,1741:12,0311,559

Conover (67) may also be a first name.

Conover Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Name of forty families in the New York Directory; also found in Ohio. From some local name (perhaps Condover co. Salop), compounded of over, a bank; from Anglo-Saxon ofer, a margin, brink, bank, shore. Hence the surname Peckover.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Conover Last Name Facts

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

The last name Conover is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Conover? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 41,624th most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 581,098 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Conover reside; 89 percent reside in North America and 89 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,191,548th most widespread forename world-wide, borne by 67 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 12,371 people, or 1 in 29,299. In The United States Conover is most numerous in: New Jersey, where 12 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and New York, where 7 percent reside. Barring The United States it exists in 28 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent reside and Mexico, where 0 percent reside.

Conover Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Conover has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Conover last name rose 296 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 140 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Conover Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Conover surname are 17.86% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.63% being registered with the party.

The amount Conover earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 5.67% more than the national average, earning $45,595 USD per year and in Canada they earn 36.01% more than the national average, earning $67,575 CAD per year.

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Conover Reference & Research

Conover FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

Conover FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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