O'Connors Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belize

O'Connors Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

O'Connors Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States451:8,054,643356,745
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
England51:11,143,612252,590
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
France21:33,211,361423,184
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belize11:355,4743,977
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1851:23,9452,637
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
Wales71:224,0598,079
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4021:124,92212,088

O'Connors Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name O'Connors Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname O'Connors is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of O'Connors.

How Common Is The Last Name O'Connors? popularity and diffusion

The last name O'Connors is the 2,436,415th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 87 percent of O'Connors reside; 82 percent reside in North America and 73 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname O'Connors is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 8,054,643. In The United States it is most frequent in: New York, where 16 percent reside, California, where 13 percent reside and New Jersey, where 11 percent reside. Excluding The United States it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 10 percent reside and England, where 8 percent reside.

O'Connors Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of O'Connors has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the O'Connors last name contracted 89 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 69 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.

O'Connors Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the O'Connors last name is primarily Catholic (98%) in Ireland.

The amount O'Connors earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 93.02% more than the national average, earning $83,286 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.59% less than the national average, earning $34,983 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oconnors94136/
O'Conors940/
O'Conners898/
Occonnors891/
Oconors882/
Oconners8230/
O'Coners829/
Occonors821/
Econnors821/
Oconnars820/
Oconers758/

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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to O'Connors
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