Conover is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Conover
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Name of many families in New York in the early settlement; also found in Ohio. Perhaps from some local name Condover co. Salop, compounded of over, a bank; from Scandinavian, ofer, a margin, brink, bank, shore. Hence the surname Peckover.

How popular is Conover?

Conover is common in United States.

Conover is ranked 43070 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Conover bearers increased by 2.055594 per cent in 2010 US census to 8738 since 2000, the surname slipped by 258 spots and ranked at 4063. The last name was found in around 30 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.98 90.98
Black 5.72 5.66
Hispanic or Latino 2.35 1.28
Others 1.66 1.1
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.65 0.49
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.64 0.48
Conover is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 11257 people have been found who wears Conover as their family name. Conover is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
184,212 France3
6,353 Panama2
1,500,361 India2
20,595 China2
139,444 Brazil2
279,271 Australia1
15,162 Costa Rica1
1,970 Grenada1
7,191 Afghanistan1
30,360 Thailand1
81,201 Switzerland1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
118,015 Netherlands1
24,771 Colombia1
31,207 Ireland1
8,859 Iraq1
9,498 Iceland1
3,586 Honduras1
5,467 Haiti1
153,416 Italy1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,219 England16
Countries with hundreds of Conover:
21,011 Mexico157
31,340 Canada107
Countries with ten thousands of Conover:
3,653 United States10,951
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Winifred Conover from Ireland aboard the Montezuma from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 50 years old when he arrived in USA on October 25, 1850. Patrick Conover (15) Workman, Workman James Conover, Teresa Conover (20) Maid, 19 years old Catherine Conover, are others that migrated to US.

Conover Namesakes

  • Simon B. Conover, Former American senator
  • John Conover Nichols, American Politician
  • Charles D. Conover, Politician
  • John Conover Nichols, American Politician
  • John Conover Nichols, American Politician
  • Louanne Conover Ambrose, Author
  • William Sheldrick Conover, U.S. representative
  • Kirk W. Conover, Politician
  • John Conover Nichols, American Politician
  • Anna Grace Conover played the vital role of Angela in 2015 drama film Adrift.

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