Home>Name Popularity>Last Names>C>Con-Coo>Conway>Rhode Island

Conway

in Rhode Island

There are 222 people with the last name "Conway" in Rhode Island.

Add to web page

Ranking in Rhode Island

NameRank
Conway 506
close
  1. is 502nd most common Lawton
  2. is 503rd most common Brito
  3. is 504th most common Dube
  4. is 505th most common Pinto
  5. is 506th most common Conway
  6. is 507th most common Dennis
  7. is 508th most common Dionne
  8. is 509th most common Bernier
  9. is 510th most common Bruno

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Conway

Robert, John, James, Daniel, Donna, Elizabeth, Michael, Edward, Kevin, Patricia

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.

Recent Searches for "Conway" in Rhode Island

Since June 2009
188

Most Popular Search

Robert Conway, RI (9 searches)
Source: Current searches and listings for US adults on WhitePages. (nv2)

© 2009 WhitePages Inc. - Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
Microsoft MapPoint Terms of Use and Privacy Statement