Gaffey is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gaffey
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Gaffey

How popular is Gaffey?

Gaffey is common in United States.

Gaffey is ranked 151892 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Gaffeies plummeted by 4.471545 per cent to 940 since 2000 and slipped by 2127 spots and ranked at 26067. 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 94.68 96.04
Others 2.34 1.02
Hispanic or Latino 2.23 1.83
Gaffey 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 2472 people have been found who wears Gaffey as their family name. Gaffey have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,185 Hong Kong2
38,841 Scotland1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
18,969 Wales1
172,258 Germany1
151,601 Spain1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
103,933 Canada25
29,517 New Zealand12
Countries with hundreds of Gaffey:
13,842 England425
1,632 Ireland322
10,767 Australia258
Countries with thousands of Gaffey:
22,174 United States1,422

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman William Gaffey from Ireland aboard the Arabella from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 12 years old when he arrived in New-York on May 14, 1846. 20 years old Mary Gaffey, Pat Gaffey, aged 19, 20 years old Ann Gaffey, Immigrant Edward Gaffey, Mary Gaffey, aged 10, 11 years old Michael Gaffey, Mary Gaffey, aged 30, Patt Gaffey, aged 14, and 2 other Gaffey around 44.44% of whom were workman while others worked as servant migrated to US.

Gaffey Namesakes

  • Thomas Gaffey, American Politician

Gaffey Namesakes

  • Thomas Gaffey, American Politician

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