Jeffrey is used as a family name or surname in Wales, Scotland. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Jeffrey
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Wales, Scotland
Meaning:

Descendant of Geoffrey or Jeffrey meaning "God's peace".

Form of Jaffray. The same as Geoffrey or Jeffery - See Jeffery - The Teutonic personal name Godfridus, whence also Godfrey. In Domesday, the ordinary form is Goisfridus. From it we get the modifications and derivatives, Jefferson, Jeaffreson, Jeffries, Jefferies, Jefferiss, Jeff, Jeffs, Jephson, Jepson, Jeffcock, Jefkins, with minor variations of spelling too numerous for insertion.

How popular is Jeffrey?

Jeffrey is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, Scotland, Papua New Guinea, Malawi, Guyana, Ghana, South Africa, Malaysia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Iran, Sri Lanka, France, Nigeria, Grenada, Zimbabwe, Thailand, Wales, Northern Ireland, Saudi Arabia, Antigua and Barbuda.

Jeffrey is ranked 12457 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Jeffrey bearers increased by 1.46 per cent in 2010 US census to 11085 since 2000, the surname slipped by 214 spots and ranked at 3257. The last name was found in around 4 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 76.72 79.11
Black 16.58 15.81
Hispanic or Latino 3.25 2.18
Others 2.14 1.82
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.94 0.63
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.38 0.45
Jeffrey is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Grenada is ahead in terms of density. Around 45125 people have been found who wears Jeffrey as their family name. Jeffrey is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Jeffrey:
2,962 United States15,373
Countries with thousands of Jeffrey:
1,071 England7,557
674 Australia5,814
1,391 Canada3,963
438 Scotland2,269
396 Papua New Guinea1,322
Countries with hundreds of Jeffrey:
3,173 Malawi836
144 Guyana772
4,134 Ghana762
11,752 South Africa562
4,201 Malaysia543
1,656 New Zealand476
504 Trinidad and Tobago466
834 Jamaica419
15,821 Iran395
6,293 Sri Lanka365
31,299 France330
27,744 Nigeria309
74 Grenada261
9,847 Zimbabwe236
53,166 Thailand229
1,631 Wales207
1,582 Northern Ireland185
29,524 Saudi Arabia159
138 Antigua and Barbuda123
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
100,216 Indonesia89
1,580 Suriname83
30,466 Netherlands73
9,304 Venezuela63
6,295 Liberia59
493 Saint Lucia55
408 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,134 Solomon Islands49
256,885 India48
8,136 Dominican Republic46
5,503 Ireland45
9,263 Botswana44
1,694 China43
43,485 Spain35
76,713 Argentina32
143,904 Philippines32
30,197 Mexico23
370 Saint Kitts and Nevis22
213,215 Brazil21
690 Bermuda15
1,168 United States Virgin Islands14
18,211 Singapore13
235,042 Germany11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
2,003 Jersey10
41,629 Norway10
68,137 Pakistan10
53,588 Switzerland10
13,537 Bangladesh9
87,318 Belgium9
48,153 Egypt9
714 Vanuatu9
453 British Virgin Islands7
88,377 Greece7
4,985 Hong Kong7
462,339 Russia7
25,911 Uruguay7
25,178 Afghanistan6
126,814 Cameroon6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Mick Jeffrey from Ireland aboard the John Garrow from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 18 years old when he arrived in USA on June 2, 1846. 20 years old Will Jeffrey, James Jeffrey (21) Workman, William Jeffrey, Immigrant Mary Jeffrey, Margaret Jeffrey (18) Immigrant, Immigrant Lydia Jeffrey, William Jeffrey (12) Immigrant, 32 years old Edward Jeffrey, and 8 other Jeffrey around 50% of whom were workman while others worked as clerk migrated to US from Liverpool, Dublin, Belfast and Glasgow.

From Germany

Charles Jeffrey worked as joiner and hailed from Germany. 34 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool & Queenstown on The Queen and arrived on July 27, 1874.

Jeffrey Namesakes

  • John Jeffrey, Scottish former international rugby union player
  • Grant Jeffrey, Canadian Bible teacher of Bible prophecy/eschatology and biblical archaeology and a proponent of dispensational evangelical Christianity
  • Terry Mike Jeffrey, American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist
  • Richard Jeffrey, American philosopher, logician
  • Harry P. Jeffrey, attorney and member of the United States House of Representatives
  • Terence P. Jeffrey, is editor-in-chief of the conservative United States Internet news service CNSNews
  • Bill Jeffrey, former senior British civil servant
  • Mark Jeffrey, English convict
  • E. C. Jeffrey, Canadian-American botanist
  • James Franklin Jeffrey, currently serves as the United States Special Representative for Syria Engagement
  • Linda Jeffrey, politician in Ontario, Canada
  • El Jeffrey, merengue artist from the Dominican Republic
  • Myles Jeffrey, American actor, producer, voice artist
  • Peter Jeffrey, English character actor
  • Betty Jeffrey, writer
  • Michael Jeffrey, former football player
  • David Jeffrey, Northern Irish football manager and former player
  • William A. Jeffrey, CEO of SRI International
  • Kevin Jeffrey, former professional football forward
  • Alick Jeffrey, English professional footballer
  • Larry Jeffrey, Canadian retired ice hockey forward
  • Paul Jeffrey, American jazz tenor saxophonist, arranger
  • Alan Jeffrey, former Irish cricketer

Jeffrey Namesakes

  • John Jeffrey, Scottish former international rugby union player
  • Grant Jeffrey, Canadian Bible teacher of Bible prophecy/eschatology and biblical archaeology and a proponent of dispensational evangelical Christianity
  • Terry Mike Jeffrey, American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist
  • Richard Jeffrey, American philosopher, logician
  • Harry P. Jeffrey, attorney and member of the United States House of Representatives
  • Terence P. Jeffrey, is editor-in-chief of the conservative United States Internet news service CNSNews
  • Bill Jeffrey, former senior British civil servant
  • Mark Jeffrey, English convict
  • E. C. Jeffrey, Canadian-American botanist
  • James Franklin Jeffrey, currently serves as the United States Special Representative for Syria Engagement
  • Linda Jeffrey, politician in Ontario, Canada
  • El Jeffrey, merengue artist from the Dominican Republic
  • Myles Jeffrey, American actor, producer, voice artist
  • Peter Jeffrey, English character actor
  • Betty Jeffrey, writer
  • Michael Jeffrey, former football player
  • David Jeffrey, Northern Irish football manager and former player
  • William A. Jeffrey, CEO of SRI International
  • Kevin Jeffrey, former professional football forward
  • Alick Jeffrey, English professional footballer
  • Larry Jeffrey, Canadian retired ice hockey forward
  • Paul Jeffrey, American jazz tenor saxophonist, arranger
  • Alan Jeffrey, former Irish cricketer

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