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

Conover is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Conover? popularity and diffusion

The surname Conover is the 41,624th most frequently occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 581,098 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Conover are found; 89 percent are found in North America and 89 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Conover is also the 1,191,548th most widely held given name at a global level It is held by 67 people.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 12,371 people, or 1 in 29,299. In The United States Conover is mostly concentrated in: New Jersey, where 12 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and New York, where 7 percent live. Other than The United States this last name occurs in 28 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent live and Mexico, where 0 percent live.

Conover Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Conover has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 296 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 140 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Conover Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Conover last name are 17.86% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.63% registered to vote for the political 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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