Last Name OCONNELL

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Meaning	Strong as a wolf.

Origin	Irish

Rank	886 (2000 US census)	1,013 (1990 US census)

Count	35,610 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

96.43%, or 34339 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.29%, or 103 total occurrences, as black,
0.5%, or 178 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.2%, or 71 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.12%, or 399 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.45%, or 516 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

Scottish surnames

Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

Ukrainian middle names

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.