Canway Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 3
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 0
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Canway Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Canway family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 2
Cotton Piecer 1
Mariner 1
Servant 1
Female Servant 1
Solicitor 1
Writer 1
Farmer 1
Male Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Canway

Name Census Frequency
John Canway 16
Mary Canway 16
Elizabeth Canway 10
James Canway 10
William Canway 10
Sarah Canway 9
Thomas Canway 8
Michael Canway 6
Ellen Canway 5
Henry Canway 5
Margaret Canway 5
Ann Canway 4
George Canway 4
Patrick Canway 4
Robert Canway 4
Charles Canway 3
Edward Canway 3
Harriet Canway 3
Agness Canway 2
Alicia Canway 2
Anthony Canway 2
David Canway 2
Edwin Canway 2
Eleanor Canway 2
Emma Canway 2

Canway Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Conway 83% 32,266
2 Canaway 86% 694
3 Conaway 71% 309
4 Canway 100% 199

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The surname Canway is the 4th most popular variant of Conway.

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