Couey Family History
Couey Name Meaning
Probably an Americanized spelling of French Coué, from
Old French coé ‘tail’. According to Morlet during the Middle
Ages this was a derogatory nickname for an Englishman, possibly by
implication a coward (see note at Coward).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Couey
Name Distribution of Couey Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Couey families
 7 - 11  3 - 6 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Couey families
|
3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Couey census records
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Couey Family Origin
Couey Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Couey Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Couey
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