Laffan is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Laffan
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Laffan

How popular is Laffan?

Laffan is ranked 160863 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Laffan bearers increased by 6.074766 per cent in 2010 US census to 227 since 2000, the surname slipped by 889 spots and ranked at 82908. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.95 93.93
Hispanic or Latino 3.08 3.27
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.2 0
Laffan is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Ireland which may be its originating country too. Around 2295 people have been found who wears Laffan as their family name. Laffan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
118,441 Germany2
82,478 South Africa2
174,544 Czech Republic1
897,276 Russia1
91,024 Belgium1
25,721 Egypt1
18,969 Wales1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
7,895 South Korea1
36,678 Singapore1
277,603 France1
21,562 Portugal1
14,373 Jordan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,720 Qatar29
18,457 Scotland20
24,534 New Zealand17
Countries with hundreds of Laffan:
909 Ireland715
14,146 England414
7,256 Australia395
77,746 United States309
33,601 Argentina149
23,602 Mexico131
32,758 Canada101
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Laffan worked as maid and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 22 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Rappahanock and arrived on November 12, 1849. Catherine Laffan, aged 35, Workman John Laffan, 16 years old Sarah Laffan, Workman William Laffan, Mary Laffan, aged 17, 21 years old Patt Laffan, Farmer William Laffan, 27 years old Mrs Laffan, are others that migrated to US from Liverpool, New Ross and Dublin.

Laffan Namesakes

  • Brigid Laffan, Author
  • Patricia Laffan, Film actress
  • Patricia Laffan, Film actress

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