How common is the surname Coney?

5,032 people in the United States had the surname Coney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,356 Americans. It ranked 6,711th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Coney?

Amy Coney Barrett, American lawyer and jurist (born 1972), followed by Chloe Birch.

Where is the surname Coney most common?

Wikidata records people named Coney in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Coney getting more or less common?

More common. 4,487 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,032 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Coney

A surname, carried by 5,032 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coney is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,032 people named Coney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,356 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,487.

#6,711

rank among US surnames

5,032

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+12.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,900)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,708	Ussery	5,036	61,308
#6,709	Daggett	5,035	61,320
#6,710	Frisch	5,033	61,344
#6,711	Boyette	5,032	61,356
#6,713	Forde	5,031	61,369
#6,714	Briceno	5,030	61,381

Who is named Coney

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

64% of people named Coney identified as Black (not Hispanic), 30% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 64%
White (not Hispanic) 30%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Coneys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Amy Coney Barrett
American lawyer and jurist (born 1972)
Chloe Birch
Badminton player, born 1995

Notable Coneys come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Coney

Coney has the Soundex code C500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C500.

Questions

How common is the surname Coney?: 5,032 people in the United States had the surname Coney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,356 Americans. It ranked 6,711th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coney?: In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Coney identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 30% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Coney?: Amy Coney Barrett, American lawyer and jurist (born 1972), followed by Chloe Birch.
Where is the surname Coney most common?: Wikidata records people named Coney in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Coney getting more or less common?: More common. 4,487 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,032 in 2010, up 12%.