# Conyer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/conyer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 660 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,353 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 467,796 people |
| Change since 2000 | -9.3% (728 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Metathisized form of the occupational surname Coyner or, possibly, an occupational surname for a dealer in rabbits or rabbit skins, from an agent derivative of Middle English coni (“rabbit”). Compare the surname Coney.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Conyer in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 56% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 37% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| Two or more races | 3.9% |

## Similar surnames

Conner, Connor, Comer, Conroy, Coomer, Connery, Camara, Chamorro, Chmura, Chenier, Camero, Canary.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.