Gaffny Surname

1,683,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117 people bear this surname

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

Gaffny Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gaffny Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1091:3,325,311189,554
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland101:442,98715,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States531:947,52256,651

Gaffny Last Name Facts

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

Gaffny is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gaffny.

How Common Is The Last Name Gaffny? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gaffny is the 1,683,218th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. The surname Gaffny is mostly found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Gaffny reside; 48 percent reside in North America and 48 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 3,325,311. In The United States Gaffny is most frequent in: New Hampshire, where 16 percent reside, Wisconsin, where 12 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Outside of The United States this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The Philippines, where 7 percent reside.

Gaffny Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Gaffny has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gaffny surname grew 206 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gaffny Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Gaffny last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Gaffny surname are 32.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 85.71% registered with the party.

Gaffny earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.96% less than the national average, earning $40,577 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gaffney9230,075/
Gauffny9231/
Gaffnay923/
Gaffnoy920/
Gafny9178/
Gaffneys863/
Gavffney860/
Gaffenny860/
Gafney83677/
Gaufny8358/
Gaffne837/
Affnay831/
Gawfny830/
Goffny830/
Haffny830/
Gafnay830/
Gaffna830/
Afny8049/
Gaffenney800/
Goffney77811/
Gaffner77479/
Geffney775/
Gasfney773/
Haffney773/
Gaffnet772/
Gaffnee770/
Gaufney770/
Gaffnie770/
Gafni731,627/
Hafny73551/
Gafna73101/
Affni7318/
Gafne733/
Afnay731/
Afney730/
D'Affnay7176/
Goeffney711/
Gafner673,413/
Gafnea6788/
Gofney6731/
Afenny677/
Hafney674/
Haifny674/
Ngafne673/
Afnaya672/
Offney672/
Affner672/
Gaufne671/
Gefney671/
Gaifni671/
Gafhni671/
Gaefne671/
Goffni670/
Gafnee670/
Gafnie670/
Goffna670/

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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 Gaffny
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