Conner
surname · Latin script
Meaning: (i) inspector of weights and measures, from Middle English connere; (ii) see Connor
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/kɒnə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Conner is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- SGSingapore≈1 in 5K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 5.2K
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 5.9K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 505 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 4.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈290,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Åland Islands, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
(i) inspector of weights and measures, from Middle English connere; (ii) see Connor.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Conner, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Conner counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈290,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.8K | — | Conner | 8 |
| US United States | #463 | 64,572 | 1 in 5.2K | 65K | Conner | 505 |
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈24,000 est. | ≈1 in 9.7K | — | Conner | 4 |
| GB United Kingdom | #875 | ≈8,300 est. | ≈1 in 7.9K | 3 | Conner | 163 |
| IT Italy | #990 | ≈5,900 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Conner | 21 |
| KP North Korea | #692 | ≈5,200 est. | ≈1 in 4.9K | — | Conner | 1 |
| SG Singapore | #384 | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 5K | — | Conner | 12 |
| NZ New Zealand | #295 | ≈840 est. | ≈1 in 5.9K | 15 | Conner | 52 |
| AX Åland Islands | #524 | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 4.5K | — | Conner | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Conner is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, OE cunnere 'examiner, inspector', especially an ale-conner; first attested Robert le Conner 1297 LLB A
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, weights and measures, from ME connere, cunnere inspec¬ tor, an agent derviv. of cun(nen) to examine, test (OE cunnian, from cunnan to know).
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
In English, A corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Irish, A variant of O’Connor. Bibl
as a nameThe Surnames of Ireland
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- David Connerb. 1792USUnited States Navy Commodore (1792-1856)
- Penelope Gilliattb. 1932USnot in their usual nameBritish writer (1932-1993)
- Bruce Connerb. 1933USAmerican artist (1933-2008)
- David Connerb. 1947GBDean of Windsor; Bishop to the Forces; Bishop of Lynn
- Bart Connerb. 1958USAmerican artistic gymnast and gymnastics coach (born 1958)
- Lester Connerb. 1959USAmerican basketball coach and former player
- Amanda Connerb. 1967USillustrator
- Ryan Connerb. 1971USAmerican pornographic actress
- Chris Connerb. 1975USAmerican actor
- Tara Connerb. 1985USAmerican model and winner of Miss USA 2006 (born 1985)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 50 sources across 24 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 65K | #518 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 62K | #480 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 61K | #545 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Conner mean, and where does it come from?
- (i) inspector of weights and measures, from Middle English connere; (ii) see Connor. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- What are other forms of the name Conner?
- In the etymology graph, Connor is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Conner have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 293 thousand people named Conner in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled conner.
- How do you pronounce Conner?
- A machine transcription gives /kɒnə/ (IPA) for English.
- How common is the name Conner?
- In the United States, the national register counted 64,572 people named Conner in 2010, about 1 in 5.2 thousand residents.
- How common is Conner compared with other names?
- In New Zealand, Conner is the 295th most common surname of 87,225 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/connerThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Conner” — the 295th most common surname in New Zealand. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.