Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.
CONWAY
There are approximately 25,128 people named Conway in the UK. That makes it the 391th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 398 are named Conway.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
Ireland
Language of origin
Gaelic
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
Celtic
Related and similar surnames
ConnleyConley
Connelly
Conely
Conelly
Connally
Connelley
Conaway
Connely
Connery
Connoly
Connolly
Conolly
Conoly
Coneway
Cohnway
Connway
Connwaye
Connways
Coniway
Coinway
Conmway
Connorly
Conily
Conneley
Connaly
Connuway
Conahway
Coneyway
Conniway
Conewy
Conneyway
Connowey
Conay
Conanway
The Conway surname in historical dictionaries
An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)
(origin: Br. and Celtic. Local) From a river of that name in Wales, which issues from a lake in Merionethshire, and flows through a fertile vale of the same name, and enters the Irish Sea, at Aberconway; from Con, head, chief, and wy, a river.
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
CONWAY.* A pedigree of the Irish Conways derives them fi'om the Conwaj's of Worcestershire, whose lineage was deduced from Sir William Conais, High Constable of England at the time of the Conqueror. D'Alton.
Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.