Last Name CONWAY

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Meaning	Local: Of Conway, one of the few Welsh towns that have originated a surname. Aron Conway was settled iin Virginia in 1623. The popular forms of the name are Conaway, Conoway, and Conway. 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.

Origin	Welsh, English, Celtic, Jewish, Irish, Celtic, South african

Rank	719 (2000 US census)	654 (1990 US census)

Count	43,395 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

83.65%, or 36300 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
12.16%, or 5277 total occurrences, as black,
0.43%, or 187 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.65%, or 282 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.49%, or 647 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.62%, or 703 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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