Claffey is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Claffey
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Claffey

How popular is Claffey?

Claffey is common in United States.

Claffey is ranked 141896 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Claffey bearers increased by 2.417795 per cent in 2010 US census to 1059 since 2000, the surname slipped by 780 spots and ranked at 23852. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.6 97.29
Hispanic or Latino 1.13 1.16
Others 1.04 0.87
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.57 0
Claffey is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Ireland. Around 2702 people have been found who wears Claffey as their family name. Claffey is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
112,145 Spain7
14,078 Japan3
18,718 Thailand2
12,161 Wales2
81,201 Switzerland1
3,071 Jersey1
4,942 Libya1
897,276 Russia1
3,307 Malta1
277,603 France1
2,057 Isle of Man1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
172,258 Germany1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
18,457 Scotland20
24,534 New Zealand17
Countries with hundreds of Claffey:
900 Ireland726
21,369 England242
15,306 Australia175
30,487 Canada110
Countries with thousands of Claffey:
22,595 United States1,389

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Catharine Claffey was 20 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on April 6, 1846. She lived in Ireland and took Stephen Whitney from Liverpool. 24 years old John Claffey, 23 years old U Claffey, Maid Anne Claffey, Ann Claffey (30) , Eliza Claffey, aged 9, 6 years old Pat Claffey, Ellen Claffey, Infant Ann Claffey, William Claffey, aged 21, and 12 other Claffey around 50% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and seamstress migrated to US.

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