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Where Does The Last Name Gaffiney Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Gaffiney is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gaffiney click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gaffiney? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name Gaffiney is the 4,772,636^th most widely held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Gaffiney occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Gaffiney live; 94 percent live in Northern Europe and 94 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 3,482,379. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Staffordshire, where 25 percent live, Greater Manchester, where 25 percent live and West Midlands, where 25 percent live. Excluding England this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent live.

Gaffiney Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Gaffiney has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 145 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gaffiney Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.