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Conway

in California

There are 2,749 people with the last name "Conway" in California.

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Ranking in California

NameRank
Conway 1,001
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  1. is 997th most common Sawyer
  2. is 998th most common York
  3. is 999th most common Atkins
  4. is 1,000th most common Garrison
  5. is 1,001st most common Conway
  6. is 1,002nd most common Buckley
  7. is 1,003rd most common Dejesus
  8. is 1,004th most common Stafford
  9. is 1,005th most common Armenta

Similar Names and Nicknames

Conwell, Conwill, Conwi, Conwright, Comway, Conward, Conwa, Conwisar, Canway, Conwy

Most Common First Names for Conway

Michael, John, James, Thomas, Robert, David, William, Richard, Kevin

Meaning & History

Irish: Anglicized form of various Gaelic names, such as Mac Conmidhe (see McNamee); Ó Connmhaigh or Mac Connmhaigh (‘descendant (or son) of Connmhach’, a personal name derived from connmach ‘headsmashing’), also Anglicized as Conoo; and Ó Conbhuide (‘descendant of Cú Bhuidhe’, a personal name composed of the elements cú ‘hound’ + buidhe ‘yellow’).

Welsh: habitational name from Conwy (formerly Conway), a fortified town on the coast of North Wales, itself named for the river on which it stands.

Scottish: habitational name from Conway in the parish of Beauly, recorded c.1215 as Coneway and in 1291 as Convathe. It probably gets its name from Gaelic coinmheadh ‘billet’, ‘free quarters’, being so named as the district in which the local lord's household troops were billeted.

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