The Coney surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,032 people carried this name — #6,711 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 58,500 people counted. That is up 12% from 4,487 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Coney surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a nickname: ‘the coney’.

An early record he cites: Richard Conni, Shropshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 199 · public domain.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 38 people named Coney live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Cruz.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Santa Cruz 23
Río Negro 15

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Coney was found among the farmers of Lincolnshire: 8 in every 10,000.

Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Lincolnshire 8

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

20 families named Coney, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 113 people lived in those households, 5.7 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Massachusetts 11
Pennsylvania 4
Maine 2
Connecticut 1
New York 1
Maryland 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 234 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Coney in American newspapers,
1877–1904.

Newspaper page from The Hawaiian Gazette carrying the name Coney
The Hawaiian Gazette 1877-11-21
Newspaper page from Evening Bulletin carrying the name Coney
Evening Bulletin 1904-03-25
Newspaper page from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser carrying the name Coney
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser 1904-03-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 820 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Coney in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1980s.

4,809 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Coney. The most, 1,015, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 3.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 1,844
Victoria 967
New South Wales 870
Queensland 780
Western Australia 209
Tasmania 101
ACT (Canberra) 13
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Coney.

Who carried it

People named Coney,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Sarah Coney d. 1743
  • William Coney d. 1829
  • Katherine Macpherson Gray d. 1951
  • Norah Isabel Coney d. 1948
  • William Coney 1465–
  • Thomas Coney 1529–1611

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Coney,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States505 records

505 records of the Coney name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 155
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 129
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 66
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 66
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 48
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 26
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
  • Sacramento County historic burials 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Lawrence Nelson Coney

    Born 1948; from Chicago, Illinois. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Hua Nghia, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Joe A. Coney

    Born 1921 in Illinois. Enlisted 1940 at Peoria; driver. U.S. Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 1997, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Catherine Coney

    Arrived at New York in 1835 aboard the Tally Ho from Liverpool, aged 20; laborer. From Co.Latwin, Ireland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 505 records for Coney in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia155 records

155 records of the Coney name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 76
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 35
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 27
  • Tasmanian Names Index 12
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 5
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record William Coney

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Asia, sailing from London in 1827. Native of Boston, Lincolnshire. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1838.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Joseph Coney

    Died 1854 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 52. Will registered in Tasmania in 1854.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Johanna Coney

    Arrived in Victoria in 1856 aboard the Ocean Monarch, aged 21; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 155 records for Coney in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada8 records

8 records of the Coney name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 7
  • City of Waterloo (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Wilma Ruth Coney

    Buried in 1986 at Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo, Ontario.

    Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William M. Coney

    Died 1910 in Windsor Rd, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Neill M. Coney

    Married 1903 in Hants, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 8 records for Coney in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom7 records

7 records of the Coney name in the United Kingdom
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 4
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 3
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record James Coney

    Buried in 1819 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 30.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record C. W. Coney

    Corporal, Royal Field Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Elizabeth Coney

    Buried in 1815 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 19.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Showing 3 of 7 records for Coney in the United Kingdom.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

New Zealand3 records

3 records of the Coney name in New Zealand
  • Christchurch City cemetery records 1
  • Marlborough District cemetery records 1
  • Thames-Coromandel District cemetery records 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Richard Coney

    Buried in 1876 at Shortland Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, aged 48.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Emily Coney

    Died 1969, aged 74; buried at Waimairi Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Phillip Ronald Coney

    Died 1993, aged 76; buried at Fairhall Cemetery, Marlborough.

    Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) · Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0) · Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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Surnames next to Coney.

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