The Conroy surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 16,651 people carried this name — #2,184 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 16,309 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Conroy surname
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Conraoi (“descendant of Cú Raoi”). It is also an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Conaire (“descendant of Conaire”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Conroy» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 78 births for the Conroy name in 1890.
They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Leinster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 3,500 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Nearly all in Galway, Queen's, and Dublin.”
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 86 people named Conroy.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Vosges.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Conroy in American newspapers,
1906–1907.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 102,745 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Conroy,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Conroy 1786–1854 · military personnel -
John Joseph Conroy 1819–1895 · Catholic priest -
Patsy Conroy 1846– -
James Conroy 1850–1929 · politician -
Joseph Henry Conroy 1858–1939 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 208 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Conroy.
- Connet 148 · U.S. census
- Connin 228 · U.S. census
- Connor 29,346 · U.S. census
- Conques 101 · U.S. census
- Conrad 40,707 · U.S. census
- Conrath 527 · U.S. census
- Conry 938 · U.S. census
- Cons 312 · U.S. census
- Consalvi 224 · U.S. census
- Consani 134 · U.S. census
- Consiglio 1,556 · U.S. census
- Consoli 628 · U.S. census
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