O'Connor

English

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Etymology

Anglicisation of Irish Ó Conchúir, meaning "descendant of Conor".

Proper noun

O'Connor

  1. A patrilineal surname from Irish.
    • 2015 April 11, Tovin Lapan, “California birth certificates and accents: O’Connor alright, Ramón and José is not”, in The Guardian‎[1], archived from the original on 4 April 2025:
      Therefore, while O’Connor is alright, Ramón is not.
  2. A place name:
    1. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
    2. A suburb of Fremantle, Western Australia.
    3. An unincorporated community in Greeley County, Nebraska, United States.
    4. A township in Thunder Bay district, Ontario, Canada.

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Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census (not recording the use of punctuation marks or capitals), OCONNOR is the 417th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 77923 individuals. OCONNOR is most common among White (92.81%) individuals.
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