The Conrad surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 40,707 people carried this name — #848 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 7,250 people counted. That is up 2% from 40,102 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,181 people named Conrad.
72 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 61 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,145 people named Conrad live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 358 people named Conrad live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Chubut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
67 people named Conrad have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 146 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 66 people named Conrad live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
96 people named Conrad is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Conrad in American newspapers,
1845–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 599,581 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Conrad,
with a public archive behind them.
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Frederik Willem Conrad 1769–1808 · engineer -
Jan Willem Conrad 1795–1853 · hydraulic engineer -
Frederik Willem Conrad 1800–1870 · surveyor -
Timothy Abbott Conrad 1803–1877 · zoologist -
Charles Magill Conrad 1804–1878 · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 164 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Conrad.
- Conforti 2,421 · U.S. census
- Coniglio 2,074 · U.S. census
- Connet 148 · U.S. census
- Connin 228 · U.S. census
- Connor 29,346 · U.S. census
- Conques 101 · U.S. census
- Conrath 527 · U.S. census
- Conroy 16,651 · U.S. census
- Conry 938 · U.S. census
- Cons 312 · U.S. census
- Consalvi 224 · U.S. census
- Consani 134 · U.S. census
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