Coffey Surname
Approximately 66,697 people bear this surname
Coffey Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'O'Coffey,' an Irish patronymic. Coffee, of course, is imitative. Biddy in the instance below speaks for her own nationality. It is said that the original form of O'Coffey was O'Cobhthaidh.
Read More About This SurnameCoffey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 47,951 | 1:7,559 | 899 |
| Ireland | 5,530 | 1:852 | 156 |
| Australia | 5,047 | 1:5,349 | 774 |
| England | 4,080 | 1:13,656 | 2,019 |
| Canada | 1,719 | 1:21,434 | 2,949 |
| New Zealand | 585 | 1:7,741 | 1,314 |
| Northern Ireland | 315 | 1:5,857 | 1,075 |
| Scotland | 246 | 1:21,763 | 2,493 |
| Wales | 220 | 1:14,066 | 1,545 |
| Thailand | 207 | 1:341,248 | 59,174 |
| Liberia | 134 | 1:32,900 | 3,082 |
| South Africa | 68 | 1:796,731 | 54,178 |
| Guatemala | 66 | 1:243,677 | 4,144 |
| Mexico | 65 | 1:1,909,634 | 18,382 |
| Germany | 59 | 1:1,364,499 | 85,126 |
| Argentina | 52 | 1:821,989 | 54,134 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| Spain | 25 | 1:1,870,081 | 51,392 |
| Isle of Man | 20 | 1:4,291 | 899 |
| Brazil | 20 | 1:10,703,717 | 220,519 |
| Panama | 17 | 1:230,133 | 6,157 |
| Austria | 17 | 1:500,908 | 47,931 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| China | 13 | 1:105,178,582 | 5,529 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Jersey | 10 | 1:9,920 | 2,003 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Seychelles | 4 | 1:23,098 | 1,012 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Micronesia | 4 | 1:26,561 | 731 |
| Honduras | 4 | 1:2,204,110 | 6,397 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Montserrat | 1 | 1:4,947 | 471 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3,958 | 1:1,119 | 213 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 835 | 1:29,192 | 3,939 |
| Scotland | 43 | 1:87,052 | 4,622 |
| Isle of Man | 32 | 1:1,696 | 222 |
| Wales | 17 | 1:92,260 | 4,121 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,563 | 1:9,027 | 1,149 |
Coffey (151) may also be a first name.
Coffey Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'O'Coffey,' an Irish patronymic. Coffee, of course, is imitative. Biddy in the instance below speaks for her own nationality. It is said that the original form of O'Coffey was O'Cobhthaidh. Dr. Charnock says that Murragh O'Cobhthaidh was bishop of Deny and Raphoe, temp. 1173 (v. Ludus Patronymicus). Both of the modern forms are naturally found at Liverpool, which numbers so many Irish among its population.
1704. Married — Thomas Coffee and Winifred Hillman: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1803. — William Jakins and Bidey (Biddy) Coffee: St. George, Hanover Square.
(Celtic) Victorious [Irish Cobhthach, th = h]
(Irish) Grandson of Cobhthach (victorious).
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Coffey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Coffey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Coffey occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Coffey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,538th most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 109,263 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Coffey reside; 65 percent reside in North America and 64 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 749,223rd most frequent first name in the world, held by 151 people.
The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 47,951 people, or 1 in 7,559. In The United States Coffey is most prevalent in: Texas, where 7 percent live, North Carolina, where 7 percent live and Kentucky, where 6 percent live. Other than The United States this last name is found in 79 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 8 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.
Coffey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Coffey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Coffey surname expanded 862 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 140 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it expanded 489 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 572 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 1,294 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Coffey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Catholic (94%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Coffey surname are 18.99% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.76% being registered with the party.
The amount Coffey earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 19.21% less than the national average, earning 279,606 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 187.87% more than the national average, earning R 684,084 per year; in United States they earn 1.16% less than the national average, earning $42,647 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.42% more than the national average, earning $53,866 CAD per year.
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Coffey Reference & Research
Coffey DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
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Footnotes
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