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Conway

in Massachusetts

There are 1,737 people with the last name "Conway" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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Conway 343
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  1. is 339th most common Hickey
  2. is 340th most common Wells
  3. is 341st most common Gallant
  4. is 342nd most common Vasquez
  5. is 343rd most common Conway
  6. is 344th most common Machado
  7. is 345th most common Hanson
  8. is 346th most common Dolan
  9. is 347th most common Monteiro

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Conway

John, Robert, James, Michael, Thomas, William, Kevin, Joseph, Edward, Karen

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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