as a Last Name
- 85,387
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Oconnor
Meaning & Origins
Irish (Derry, Connacht, Munster): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Conchobhair ‘descendant of Conchobhar’, a personal name which is said to have begun as Cú Chobhair, from cú ‘hound’ (genitive con) + cobhar ‘desiring’, i.e. ‘hound of desire’. Present-day bearers of the surname claim descent from a 10thcentury king of Connacht of this name. In Irish legend, Conchobhar was a king of Ulster who lived at around the time of Christ and who adopted the youthful Cú Chulainn.
| 373rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 85,387
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Oconnor per capita
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