O'connor Family History
O'connor Name Meaning
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 10th-century 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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of O'connor Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of O'connor families
 168 - 333  57 - 167 |
 1 - 56  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of O'connor families
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66 - 130 23 - 65 |
1 - 22 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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