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![Show Contents]() Conover Surname History
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Conover RankingIn the United States, the name Conover is the 3,605th most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 1
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Conover Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Wolfert GerreiSe Conover, who arrived in New York in 1630 2
- Wolfert Gerretsen Van Conover, who landed in New York in 1630 2
Conover Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- P Conover, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1850 2
- A Conover, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 2
| Contemporary Notables of the name Conover (post 1700) | + |
- Mark Robert Conover (1960-2022), American long distance runner and coach, born in Contra Costa County, California
- Willis Clark Conover Jr. (1920-1996), American jazz producer and broadcaster on the Voice of America
- Ted Conover (b. 1958), American author and journalist
- Lloyd Conover (b. 1923), American inventor of the antibiotic tetracycline
- Henry Boardman Conover (1892-1950), American ornithologist
- David Conover (1919-1983), American author and documentary photographer who is credited with discovering Marilyn Monroe
- J. J. Conover, American politician, Delegate to Kentucky secession convention, 1861 3
- Garrett D. Conover (b. 1895), American Republican politician, Dentist; Mayor of Valparaiso, Indiana, 1943-44 3
- Garret Conover, American politician, Mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1871-73 3
- Daniel D. Conover, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1860 3
- ... (Another 12 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
| Suggested Readings for the name Conover | + |
- Conover Pioneers and Pilgrim: Celebration of a Family: by Elizabeth Conover Kelley.
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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