Caffrey is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Caffrey
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

The is the variant form of McCaffrey. The son of Godfrey meaning "God's peace"; the son of Eachmharcach meaning "horse rider".

How popular is Caffrey?

Caffrey is common in United States, Ireland, England, Australia, Scotland.

Caffrey is ranked 55650 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Caffrey bearers increased by 2.51 per cent in 2010 US census to 3062 since 2000, the surname slipped by 519 spots and ranked at 10486. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.06 95.82
Hispanic or Latino 1.89 1.21
Black 1.8 1.67
Others 1.11 0.64
Caffrey is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 9128 people have been found who wears Caffrey as their family name. Caffrey is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Caffrey:
9,088 United States4,544
429 Ireland2,063
4,411 England1,673
Countries with hundreds of Caffrey:
8,644 Australia367
3,496 Scotland149
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
34,739 Canada94
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,628 Northern Ireland48
10,403 Wales21
219,029 France19
13,856 Singapore17
343,519 Thailand16
48,545 Sweden15
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
43,211 Denmark7
83,128 Belarus7
11,702 China6
101,176 Netherlands6

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Owen Caffrey was 16 years old when he migrated to Pennsylvania during Irish famine on May 14, 1846. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Arabella from Liverpool. 19 years old Sally Caffrey, 27 years old Patt Caffrey, 18 years old Catherine Caffrey, Bernard Caffrey (21) Immigrant, Rose Caffrey, aged 18, 26 years old Michael Caffrey, 30 years old Owen Caffrey, 28 years old Mary Caffrey, and 171 other Caffrey around 48.45% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and spinster, farmer, mason, tailoress, milliner migrated to US.

Caffrey Namesakes

  • John Caffrey, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Sean Caffrey, actor from Northern Ireland
  • David Caffrey, Irish film director
  • Paul Caffrey, former Dublin Gaelic football Senior manager and a Dublin-based Garda
  • Joe Caffrey, English actor
  • Stephen Caffrey, former Irish footballer

Caffrey Namesakes

  • John Caffrey, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Sean Caffrey, actor from Northern Ireland
  • David Caffrey, Irish film director
  • Paul Caffrey, former Dublin Gaelic football Senior manager and a Dublin-based Garda
  • Joe Caffrey, English actor
  • Stephen Caffrey, former Irish footballer

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