Conn is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Conn
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ireland, Scotland
Meaning:

Conn is a variation of Cohen. A common Jewish surname,- the Herbew for priest. Nearly sixty traders of this name occur in London Direct.

Conn is the variant of Chowne. Castle Cliiowne, Clnoune, Chun, or Choon, in Cornwall, is a very ancient ruin. See Archajologia, XXII.

300. Davies Gilbert says that this appellation "is well known to mean a house in a croft." Hist. Cornw. iii. 244. Chun, a Welsh family name, is probably identical in signification. Found as Chone in Hundred Rolls. The Chownes of Kent and Sussex were said to be descended from a follower of the Conqueror, who came from La Vendee.

A variation of the Coin. Of the corner.

Conn is the variant of Kohn. Descendant of Kuno, a pet form of names beginning with Kun meaning "brave," as Chunrad and Kunimund; Can also be a variant of Cohen.

Lastname is the variation of Coyne. Grandson of Conn meaning "reason or a free man".

Descendant of Conn, pet form of Constantine meaning "constant".

Lastname is variant form of the Cohen. The priest. Ths name indicates a family claiming descent from Aaron, the high priest.

A variation of the Coen. Grandson of Comhghan meaning "twin".

Family name is variation of Kilcoyne. The son of the gentle youth.

The lastname is variant of Cowne. Probably Cound, a parish in county of Salop.

The form of Coyne. See Coyney - The manor of Weston Coyney, in the parish of Caverswall, county of Stafford, seems to have been in possession of the family from temp. Henry III. The family probably came from Coigni, near Coutances, in Normandy.

How popular is Conn?

Conn is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, Scotland, Northern Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa.

Conn is ranked 21732 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Conn bearers increased by 3.68 per cent in 2010 US census to 15089 since 2000, the surname slipped by 116 spots and ranked at 2404. The last name was found in around 5 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.32 93.11
Black 2.9 2.6
Hispanic or Latino 2.49 1.33
Others 1.72 1.47
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.99 1.06
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.58 0.44
Conn is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 25054 people have been found who wears Conn as their family name. Conn is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Conn:
2,351 United States19,409
Countries with thousands of Conn:
5,088 England1,417
3,076 Australia1,210
4,190 Canada1,142
Countries with hundreds of Conn:
1,246 Scotland625
602 Northern Ireland615
4,881 New Zealand162
41,519 South Africa105
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,242 Ireland49
21,548 Mexico47
6,014 Wales45
150,996 Germany24
301,565 Thailand22
19,774 Chile18
6,847 Panama14
295,035 Brazil13
18,211 Singapore13
108,968 Italy12
78,554 Papua New Guinea12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
30,726 Qatar9
44,190 Norway9
92,581 Zimbabwe8
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 20 years old spinster Margaret Conn who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on November 10, 1848 by Brothers put out from Newry. Workwoman Ally Conn, Sarah Conn (29) Immigrant, Immigrant John Conn, Bridget Conn, aged 40, Hugh Conn, Workman Michael Conn, James Conn, aged 20, Jane Conn, aged 50, and 41 other Conn around 44.83% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant migrated to US from Liverpool, Newry, Glasgow and Belfast.

From Germany

Nicolas Conn was 46 years old when he migrated to New York on May 21, 1853. He lived in Switzerland where he worked as farmer and took Gondar from Havre. Benj. Conn, aged 15, 35 years old Amberger Conn, 28 years old Caroline Conn, Max-Mr Conn (28) Clerk, 34 years old William Conn, Bertha Conn, aged 23, 23 years old Carl Conn, are others that migrated to US from Hamburg, Liverpool & Queenstown, Antwerp and Hamburg & Havre.

Conn Namesakes

  • Ty Conn, Canadian bank robber
  • Jan Conn, Canadian geneticist and poet
  • Stewart Conn, Scottish poet and playwright, born in Hillhead
  • Nicole Conn, film director, producer
  • Michelle Conn, former field hockey player from Canada,
  • Billy Conn, Irish American professional boxer and Light Heavyweight Champion famed for his fights with Joe Louis
  • Bobby Conn, American pop-rock musician based in Chicago
  • Didi Conn, film, stage and television actress from the U.S.
  • Iain Conn, British businessman
  • Roe Conn, American talk radio host based in Chicago
  • Craig Conn, former professional lacrosse player
  • Daniel Conn, Australian model and former professional rugby league footballer
  • Charles W. Conn, American influential figure
  • Charles Paul Conn, is President of Lee University in Cleveland
  • John Conn, senior captain
  • Phoebe Conn, maiden name and pseudonym of Phoebe Jane Conn
  • Shelley Conn, English actress
  • Rob Conn, former professional ice hockey right wing
  • Terri Conn, American actress
  • David Conn, British sports journalist and writer
  • Neil Conn, Australian economist and former Administrator of the Northern Territory
  • Charles G. Conn, entrepreneur, band instrument manufacturer

Conn Namesakes

  • Ty Conn, Canadian bank robber
  • Jan Conn, Canadian geneticist and poet
  • Stewart Conn, Scottish poet and playwright, born in Hillhead
  • Nicole Conn, film director, producer
  • Michelle Conn, former field hockey player from Canada,
  • Billy Conn, Irish American professional boxer and Light Heavyweight Champion famed for his fights with Joe Louis
  • Bobby Conn, American pop-rock musician based in Chicago
  • Didi Conn, film, stage and television actress from the U.S.
  • Iain Conn, British businessman
  • Roe Conn, American talk radio host based in Chicago
  • Craig Conn, former professional lacrosse player
  • Daniel Conn, Australian model and former professional rugby league footballer
  • Charles W. Conn, American influential figure
  • Charles Paul Conn, is President of Lee University in Cleveland
  • John Conn, senior captain
  • Phoebe Conn, maiden name and pseudonym of Phoebe Jane Conn
  • Shelley Conn, English actress
  • Rob Conn, former professional ice hockey right wing
  • Terri Conn, American actress
  • David Conn, British sports journalist and writer
  • Neil Conn, Australian economist and former Administrator of the Northern Territory
  • Charles G. Conn, entrepreneur, band instrument manufacturer

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