Coney Surname
Approximately 8,213 people bear this surname
Coney Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the coney,' i.e. rabbit; compare Hare. 'Cony, cuniculus' (Prompt. Parv).
Griffin Cony, Herefordshire, Henry III- Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
Richard Conni, Salop, 1273.
Read More About This SurnameConey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,688 | 1:63,723 | 7,462 |
| England | 1,215 | 1:45,858 | 5,776 |
| Australia | 386 | 1:69,937 | 8,284 |
| Northern Ireland | 265 | 1:6,962 | 1,224 |
| Canada | 233 | 1:158,136 | 16,024 |
| South Africa | 80 | 1:677,221 | 49,167 |
| Chile | 55 | 1:320,300 | 9,085 |
| Thailand | 55 | 1:1,284,334 | 183,539 |
| New Zealand | 47 | 1:96,347 | 13,070 |
| Wales | 33 | 1:93,774 | 7,567 |
| Scotland | 29 | 1:184,614 | 10,113 |
| Panama | 20 | 1:195,613 | 5,661 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Argentina | 18 | 1:2,374,634 | 110,716 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Jamaica | 9 | 1:318,883 | 8,136 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 50 | 1:88,597 | 5,964 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 829 | 1:29,403 | 3,967 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:311,935 | 9,798 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:174,268 | 6,522 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:10,376 | 1,795 |
| Guernsey | 5 | 1:6,531 | 1,136 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,101 | 1:45,612 | 5,270 |
Coney (1,385) may also be a first name.
Coney Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the coney,' i.e. rabbit; compare Hare. 'Cony, cuniculus' (Prompt. Parv).
Griffin Cony, Herefordshire, Henry III- Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
Richard Conni, Salop, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
John Conay, Huntingdonshire, ibid.
Henry Coney, of Ditton, 1592: Wills at Chester.
Grace Coney, of Halsall, widow, 1595: ibid.
1585. Baptised — Sara, d. Thomas Conny: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1794. Married — Samuel Coney and Elizabeth Mills: St. George, Hanover Square.
= Cony, q.v.
From Cony or Coigny in the Cotentin. Sire Hubert and Sire William de Coni held lands from Philip Augustus c. 1204. Robert Coignee occurs in Gloucester 1230 (Roberts, Excerpt.).
In the 16th century Richard and Thomas Coney, father and son, who were Merchants of the Staple of Calais, owned the manor - house, Basingthorpe (A.); the same Thomas Coney, who accumulated a great fortune and was high sheriff of Rutland in 1573 (A.), gave £100 towards the national fund collected for the defence of the country at the time of the expected invasion of the Spanish Armada in 1588 (Sp.). Another contributor was William Cony, of Hunts. Sir Snetton Coney, of North Stoke, Lincolnshire, compounded bis estate in Cromwell's time for £2,648; there was a William Coney, Esq., of Walpole, Norfolk, in 1630 (O.).
Coney Demographics
Average Coney Salary in
United States
$37,936 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Coney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Coney Come From? nationality or country of origin
Coney is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Coney click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Coney? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 61,220th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 887,318 people. The surname Coney occurs mostly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Coney live; 72 percent live in North America and 72 percent live in Anglo-North America. Coney is also the 210,363rd most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 1,385 people.
The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 5,688 people, or 1 in 63,723. In The United States Coney is most common in: Georgia, where 21 percent live, Florida, where 12 percent live and Texas, where 7 percent live. Barring The United States it exists in 43 countries. It also occurs in England, where 15 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.
Coney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Coney has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Coney last name expanded 517 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 147 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 367 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 242 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 98 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Coney Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Coney last name is predominantly Catholic (98%) in Ireland.
In The United States Coney are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.46% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Coney earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 291.03% more than the national average, earning R 929,244 per year; in United States they earn 12.08% less than the national average, earning $37,936 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.97% more than the national average, earning $55,631 CAD per year.
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