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Conway

in Pennsylvania

There are 2,124 people with the last name "Conway" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

NameRank
Conway 421
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  1. is 417th most common Fowler
  2. is 418th most common Marsh
  3. is 419th most common Ott
  4. is 420th most common Buck
  5. is 421st most common Conway
  6. is 422nd most common Lynn
  7. is 423rd most common Reyes
  8. is 424th most common Franklin
  9. is 425th most common Charles

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Conway

James, Michael, John, Thomas, William, Robert, Joseph, Mary, Patrick, Charles

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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