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

Lafferty is found most frequently in The United States. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

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

The surname is the 26,722^nd most commonly held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 362,384 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Lafferty live; 68 percent live in North America and 68 percent live in Anglo-North America. Lafferty is also the 2,694,839^th most common first name internationally, held by 17 people.

The surname Lafferty is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 13,506 people, or 1 in 26,837. In The United States Lafferty is primarily found in: Pennsylvania, where 11 percent are found, California, where 7 percent are found and Texas, where 5 percent are found. Apart from The United States it occurs in 41 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 10 percent are found and England, where 8 percent are found.

Lafferty Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Lafferty has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lafferty last name rose 494 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 350 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it rose 1,151 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 104 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lafferty Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Lafferty surname is predominantly Catholic (91%) in Ireland.

In The United States Lafferty are 13.75% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.52% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Lafferty earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 368.54% more than the national average, earning 1,621,520 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 65.15% more than the national average, earning R 392,460 per year; in United States they earn 1.17% more than the national average, earning $43,656 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.15% more than the national average, earning $51,249 CAD per year.