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    The surname Conyers

    A surname, carried by 6,583 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C562

    Conyers: #5,289 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Conyers #5,289, 6,583 people Conyers: #5,289 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Conyers #5,289, 6,583 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Conyers is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,583 people named Conyers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,900 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,329.

    #5,289
    rank among US surnames
    6,583
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #5,088)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,285Fortenberry6,58946,858
    #5,287Bays6,58846,865
    #5,288Brodie6,58546,886
    #5,289Mallard6,58346,900

    Who is named Conyers

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

    57% of people named Conyers identified as Black (not Hispanic), 37% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 57%
    • White (not Hispanic) 37%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Conyerss

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Conyers
      American politician (1929–2019)
    • Gloria Conyers Hewitt
      American mathematician, born 1935

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Conyers

    Conyers has the Soundex code C562, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C562.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Conyers?
    6,583 people in the United States had the surname Conyers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,900 Americans. It ranked 5,289th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Conyers?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Conyers identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 37% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Conyers?
    John Conyers, American politician (1929–2019), followed by Gloria Conyers Hewitt.
    Where is the surname Conyers most common?
    Wikidata records people named Conyers in the United States.
    Is the surname Conyers getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,329 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,583 in 2010, up 4.0%.