Conolly Surname

170,546th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,527 people bear this surname

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

Conolly Surname Definition:

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

Conolly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9111:397,86934,851
Cayman Islands3751:17023
Australia3741:72,1818,509
England3291:169,35615,609
Canada1021:361,23132,546
South Africa971:558,53343,702
Zimbabwe811:190,59622,493
Brazil721:2,973,25587,092
Wales301:103,1518,167
New Zealand281:161,72618,041
Scotland211:254,94412,577
Northern Ireland191:97,1076,126
Ireland161:294,30910,207
Guam121:13,3432,098
Jamaica121:239,1626,359
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Panama71:558,8949,437
Nicaragua61:1,003,5154,885
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2721:16,2862,027
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7461:32,6754,333
Scotland1081:34,6592,797
Wales471:33,3711,813
Isle of Man21:27,1351,659
Jersey21:25,9413,069
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5431:92,4849,489

Conolly (18) may also be a first name.

Conolly 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

V. under Connelly.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From the Irish O’Conghaile; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Conolly Last Name Facts

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

Conolly is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Conolly? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 170,546th most frequently used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,883,873 people. Conolly is primarily found in The Americas, where 53 percent of Conolly reside; 34 percent reside in North America and 34 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Conolly is also the 2,608,198th most widely held given name at a global level It is held by 18 people.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 911 people, or 1 in 397,869. In The United States Conolly is most prevalent in: California, where 14 percent reside, Pennsylvania, where 13 percent reside and Florida, where 11 percent reside. Beside The United States this surname is found in 38 countries. It also occurs in The Cayman Islands, where 15 percent reside and Australia, where 15 percent reside.

Conolly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Conolly has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Conolly surname rose 168 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 56 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it declined 36 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 81 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Conolly Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Conolly surname is chiefly Catholic (71%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Conolly surname are 16.91% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.68% being registered with the political party.

The amount Conolly earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 11.85% less than the national average, earning R 209,472 per year; in United States they earn 11.22% more than the national average, earning $47,989 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.58% more than the national average, earning $51,460 CAD per year.

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