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
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Coney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Coney Come From? nationality or country of origin
Coney occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Coney? popularity and diffusion
Coney is the 61,220th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 887,318 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Coney reside; 72 percent reside in North America and 72 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Coney is also the 210,363rd most common first name on earth, held by 1,385 people.
The last name is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 5,688 people, or 1 in 63,723. In The United States it is most frequent in: Georgia, where 21 percent live, Florida, where 12 percent live and Texas, where 7 percent live. Excluding The United States Coney is found in 43 countries. It is also common in England, where 15 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.
Coney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Coney has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing 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 devotion of those bearing the Coney last name is predominantly Catholic (98%) in Ireland.
In The United States Coney are 3.23% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 56.46% registered to vote for the 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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