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    The surname Conyer

    An English occupational surname, carried by 660 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C560

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Conyer is more common than 78.8% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    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.

    Conyer is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 660 people named Conyer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 467,796 Americans. That is down 9.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 728.

    #34,353
    rank among US surnames
    660
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -9.3%
    change since 2000 (was #30,324)

    Who is named Conyer

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

    56% of people named Conyer identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 56%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 37%
    • Two or more races 3.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Conyer

    Conyer has the Soundex code C560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C560.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Conyer come from?
    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.
    How common is the surname Conyer?
    660 people in the United States had the surname Conyer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 467,796 Americans. It ranked 34,353rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Conyer?
    In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Conyer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Conyer?
    Conyer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Conyer getting more or less common?
    Less common. 728 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 660 in 2010, down 9.3%.