Gaff is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gaff
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Gaff

How popular is Gaff?

Gaff is common in United States.

Gaff is ranked 180279 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gaff bearers increased by 3.805497 per cent in 2010 US census to 982 since 2000, the surname slipped by 502 spots and ranked at 25226. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.62 96.72
Hispanic or Latino 2.14 1.37
Others 1.22 0.85
Black 0.61 0
Gaff 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 Trinidad and Tobago. Around 1976 people have been found who wears Gaff as their family name. Gaff is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
90,215 Germany3
1,219,338 India3
95,312 Argentina2
12,161 Wales2
31,584 Peru1
9,116 Nicaragua1
151,601 Spain1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
24,421 Slovakia1
49,101 Denmark1
25,721 Egypt1
15,705 Cameroon1
17,236 Ghana1
16,640 Hong Kong1
49,529 Israel1
6,688 Malawi1
24,176 Qatar1
10,683 Cyprus1
38,830 Morocco1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
65,779 Canada44
3,579 Trinidad and Tobago37
12,692 Scotland33
11,387 Ireland22
42,407 Sweden22
Countries with hundreds of Gaff:
9,400 Australia299
19,128 England280
Countries with thousands of Gaff:
26,255 United States1,165
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Gaff was 25 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on June 1, 1846. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as workman and took Garrick from Liverpool. 32 years old Elizabeth Gaff, Immigrant Thomas Gaff, Farmer Rich. Gaff, 40 years old A. Gaff, are other Gaff that migrated to US.

Gaff Namesakes

  • Peter Gaffney, Writer
  • John Gaffney, Actor
  • Abdul Gaffar Choudhury, Writer
  • Frank Gaffney, Polit.
  • Félix Gaffiot, Author
  • François Gaffori, Politician
  • Frank Gaffney, Polit.
  • Tony Gaffney, Basketball player
  • Beryl Gaffney, Canadian Politician
  • Mike Gaffney, Australian Politician

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