Gaffin is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gaffin
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

Surname is variant form of the Corfe. Parishes in counties Dorset and Somerset.

The surname is form of Jaffe. Descendant of Jaffe, a pet form of Japheth meaning "increase"; Can also be a variant of Joffe meaning handsome or beautiful person.

Gaffin is a variant form of Gaffney. Descendant of Gawain meaning "calf".

Lastname Gaffin is a variation of Caulfield. One who came from Cauldfield meaning "cold field," in Dumfriesshire; dweller at a cabbage field, or at a cold or bleak field.

How popular is Gaffin?

Gaffin is common in United States.

Gaffin is ranked 385443 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gaffin bearers increased by 3.99 per cent in 2010 US census to 495 since 2000, the surname slipped by 754 spots and ranked at 43584. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.32 90.13
Black 6.26 8.82
Gaffin is an uncommon last name, few people in United States and United States Virgin Islands have the family name. Around 921 person has been found who wears Gaffin as their family name. Gaffin is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Gaffin:
39,674 United States778
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
39,547 England80
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
21,878 New Zealand20
103,534 Australia11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
177,858 South Africa7
75,466 Israel6

Gaffin Namesakes

  • Richard Gaffin, Richard B. Gaffin, Jr

Gaffin Namesakes

  • Richard Gaffin, Richard B. Gaffin, Jr

Related Family Names: