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Conway

in Illinois

There are 1,629 people with the last name "Conway" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

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Conway 578
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  1. is 574th most common Braun
  2. is 575th most common Chan
  3. is 576th most common Glover
  4. is 577th most common Sloan
  5. is 578th most common Conway
  6. is 579th most common Waters
  7. is 580th most common Strong
  8. is 581st most common Conley
  9. is 582nd most common Herman

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Conway

John, James, Thomas, Michael, Timothy, Daniel, William, Kevin, Edward, Mary

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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