The Conant surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,386 people carried this name — #6,333 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,600 people counted. That is up 4% from 5,191 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Conant surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Conan’.

An early record he cites: Robert Connand et uxor ejus, 1379 — Poll Tax, West Riding of Yorkshire.

His entry covers Conan, Conant, Connant, Connand, Conning and Connon.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 198 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

122 families named Conant, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 673 people lived in those households, 5.5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with one other spelling. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Massachusetts 83
New Hampshire 17
Connecticut 8
Maine 5
Vermont 5
New York 2
South Carolina 2

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 234 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Conant in American newspapers,
1899–1907.

Newspaper page from The Record-courier carrying the name Conant
The Record-courier 1904-12-09
Newspaper page from The Wilmington Daily Republican carrying the name Conant
The Wilmington Daily Republican 1899-08-08
Newspaper page from The White Pine News carrying the name Conant
The White Pine News 1907-08-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 104,077 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Conant in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1950s.

6,738 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Conant. The most, 2,361, date from the 1880s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 5,964
New South Wales 463
Tasmania 121
Queensland 82
South Australia 64
Western Australia 29
ACT (Canberra) 9
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Conant.

Who carried it

People named Conant,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Sarah Whiston d. 1811
  • Eva Mildred Tryon d. 1957
  • John Conant 1520–1596
  • Richard Conant 1548–1630
  • Richard Conant 1581–1625
  • Robert Conant 1583–1638

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Conant,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States502 records

502 records of the Conant name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 204
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 113
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 108
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 34
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 26
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 14
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Gregory C. Conant

    Born 1948; from White Sands Msl Rge, New Mexico. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Hua Nghia, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John C. Conant

    Born 1903 in Maine. Enlisted 1942 at Portland; paper mill worker from Androscoggin County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Maine Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jane S. Conant

    Arrived at New York in 1882 aboard the Servia from Liverpool, aged 40; matron.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 502 records for Conant in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada26 records

26 records of the Conant name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 19
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Alva Burt Conant

    Buried in 1962 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Ruth V. Conant

    Died 1916 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Arthur Morton Conant

    Married 1906 in Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 26 records for Conant in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

France3 records

3 records of the Conant name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Gabrielle Georgette Conant

    Born 1902 in Pons (Charente-Maritime); died 1982 in Libourne (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Rene Ernest Conant

    Born 1906 in Pons (Charente-Maritime); died 1987 in Langon (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Leopold Andre Conant

    Born 1905 in Pons (Charente-Maritime); died 1982 in Cenon (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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