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Conway

in New Jersey

There are 1,373 people with the last name "Conway" in New Jersey.

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Ranking in New Jersey

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Conway 433
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  1. is 429th most common Benson
  2. is 430th most common Arnold
  3. is 431st most common Powers
  4. is 432nd most common Dolan
  5. is 433rd most common Conway
  6. is 434th most common Mccann
  7. is 435th most common Harper
  8. is 436th most common Mccormick
  9. is 437th most common Mehta

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Conway

John, James, William, Michael, Thomas, Robert, Joseph, Mary, Brian, Christopher

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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