A surface mount connector comprising: a housing mounting portion having a front and a rear and holding a plurality of contacts having lead portions (21b, 22b, 23b) configured to be respectively surface-mounted on a circuit board; and a housing hood configured to be mated with a mating connector and extending along the circuit board to a position where front end portions of the lead portions of the contacts that extend in front of the housing mounting portion are concealed by the housing hood, wherein the housing mounting portion and the housing hood are connected to each other by a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion, the first engagement portion has a first extension portion provided on one of the housing mounting portion and the housing hood and extending in a direction intersecting a plugging/unplugging direction of the mating connector, and a first reception portion provided on the other of the housing mounting portion and the housing hood configured to receive the first extension portion, the second engagement portion is positioned rearwardly of the first engagement portion in the plugging/unplugging direction and has a second extension portion provided on one of the housing mounting portion and the housing hood and extending in the direction intersecting the plugging/unplugging direction, and a second reception portion provided on the other of the housing mounting portion and the housing hood configured to receive the second extension portion, and the first reception portion is configured to receive the first extension portion at least from a rear facing side of the first extension portion; characterized in that the second reception portion is configured to receive the second extension portion at least from a front facing side of the second extension portion; and the housing mounting portion and the housing hood are assembled to each other along a direction intersecting the plugging/unplugging direction by the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion provided in the housing mounting portion and the housing hood. a housing mounting portion having a front and a rear and holding a plurality of contacts having lead portions (21b, 22b, 23b) configured to be respectively surface-mounted on a circuit board; and a housing hood configured to be mated with a mating connector and extending along the circuit board to a position where front end portions of the lead portions of the contacts that extend in front of the housing mounting portion are concealed by the housing hood, wherein the housing mounting portion and the housing hood are connected to each other by a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion, the first engagement portion has a first extension portion provided on one of the housing mounting portion and the housing hood and extending in a direction intersecting a plugging/unplugging direction of the mating connector, and a first reception portion provided on the other of the housing mounting portion and the housing hood configured to receive the first extension portion, the second engagement portion is positioned rearwardly of the first engagement portion in the plugging/unplugging direction and has a second extension portion provided on one of the housing mounting portion and the housing hood and extending in the direction intersecting the plugging/unplugging direction, and a second reception portion provided on the other of the housing mounting portion and the housing hood configured to receive the second extension portion, and the first reception portion is configured to receive the first extension portion at least from a rear facing side of the first extension portion; characterized in that the second reception portion is configured to receive the second extension portion at least from a front facing side of the second extension portion; and the housing mounting portion and the housing hood are assembled to each other along a direction intersecting the plugging/unplugging direction by the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion provided in the housing mounting portion and the housing hood.