The Conover surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,738 people carried this name — #4,063 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 33,800 people counted. That is up 2% from 8,562 in 2000.

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In print

Conover in American newspapers,
1866–1899.

Newspaper page from New Orleans Daily Crescent carrying the name Conover
New Orleans Daily Crescent 1866-08-07
Newspaper page from Independent Statesman carrying the name Conover
Independent Statesman 1877-11-29
Newspaper page from The Philipsburg Mail carrying the name Conover
The Philipsburg Mail 1899-06-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Conover in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1950s.

233 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Conover. The most, 72, date from the 1880s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 84
Victoria 68
Queensland 51
South Australia 12
Western Australia 11
Tasmania 5

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

Who carried it

People named Conover,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Simon B. Conover
    Simon B. Conover 1840–1908 · politician
  • Charles D. Conover
    Charles D. Conover 1881–1937 · politician
  • Willis Conover
    Willis Conover 1920–1996 · record producer
  • William Sheldrick Conover
    William Sheldrick Conover 1928–2022 · politician
  • C. T. Conover
    C. T. Conover 1939–2018 · accountant
  • Thomas Conover 1794–1864 · military officer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 55 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Conover,
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 States1,098 records

1,098 records of the Conover name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 447
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 354
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 133
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 107
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 25
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 20
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Kenneth S. Conover

    Born 1921 in Ohio. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky; electrical plant worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Abbottsville Cemetery, Arcanum, Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Christian L. Conover

    Born 1930; from Middlesex County, New Jersey. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Teresa Conover

    Arrived at New York in 1851 aboard the Kingston from Dublin, aged 20; servant. From Great Britain.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,098 records for Conover in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (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: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Conover name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record James McClelland Conover

    Died in service in 1942.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Conover name in Australia NSW convict, estate and railway indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Ten Eric Conover

    Of Bondi, New South Wales; died 1928.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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