Clafferty Surname

1,701,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Clafferty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Clafferty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States441:8,237,703362,142
Ireland231:204,7368,142
England201:2,785,90397,972
Northern Ireland101:184,5049,341
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland221:201,3589,557
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Clafferty Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Clafferty Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Clafferty occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Clafferty.

How Common Is The Last Name Clafferty? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,701,480th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 60 percent of Clafferty reside; 51 percent reside in Northern Europe and 50 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 8,237,703. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 34 percent live, Maryland, where 18 percent live and New Hampshire, where 11 percent live. Outside of The United States it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 20 percent live and England, where 17 percent live.

Clafferty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Clafferty has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Clafferty last name rose 244 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 105 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Clafferty Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Clafferty surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Clafferty last name are 19.5% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 72.73% registered with the political party.

Clafferty earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 18.97% more than the national average, earning $51,333 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Clafferty
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