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O'conor Surname Meaning

Irish: variant spelling of O’Connor.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


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You can see how O'conor families moved over time by selecting different census years. The O'conor family name was found in the USA, and Scotland between 1880 and 1920. The most O'conor families were found in USA in 1880. In 1880 there were 100 O'conor families living in New York. This was about 27% of all the recorded O'conor's in USA. New York had the highest population of O'conor families in 1880.
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