Dufficey Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Dufficey Surname Definition:

Ó Dubhghusa, anglicized Ducey, Ducy, Ducie and Doocey, though nowhere very numerous, is found mainly in Munster, particularly in Counties Tipperary and Waterford. It occurs 11 times in the Hearth Money Rolls of Co. Tipperary (1665-7); we have not the Hearth Money Rolls for Waterford, but in Griffith's Valuation (c.

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Dufficey Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
England121:4,643,172139,951
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Dufficey Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Ó Dubhghusa, anglicized Ducey, Ducy, Ducie and Doocey, though nowhere very numerous, is found mainly in Munster, particularly in Counties Tipperary and Waterford. It occurs 11 times in the Hearth Money Rolls of Co. Tipperary (1665-7); we have not the Hearth Money Rolls for Waterford, but in Griffith's Valuation (c. 1855) for that county there are 21 householders called Doocey. These names occur very rarely in other Irish records, though Ducie does appear occasionally in Great Britain.

The form Doocey has been occasionally reported as in use as a synonym of Duffy in the Milford district of Co. Donegal. I presume that the Co. Roscommon name Dufficey is also a form of Ó Dubhghusa.

— Supplement to Irish Families (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

The Connacht form of Ó Dubhghusa, see Ducey supra

— A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

The Connacht form of Ó Dubhghusa, see Ducey supra

— A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght
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Dufficey Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dufficey is found in Australia more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dufficey? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,798,600th most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. Dufficey occurs mostly in Oceania, where 52 percent of Dufficey reside; 52 percent reside in Australasia and 52 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most frequently held in Australia, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 1,928,264. In Australia Dufficey is most frequent in: Queensland, where 57 percent live and Western Australia, where 43 percent live. Aside from Australia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 44 percent live and Ireland, where 4 percent live.

Dufficey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Dufficey has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Dufficey surname grew 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dufficy93544/
Duffice933/
Duffissey8233/
Duffecy8030/
Duffeky801/
Dufface801/
Difficy801/
Duffecky7519/
Duffecke7517/
Duffessy7516/
Duffouce751/
Dufike712/
Duface712/
Dufise710/
Duffaisse710/
Duffeke6731/
Duffizi671/
Dufique671/
Dufecke671/
Dufesey670/
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