McCaffarty Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

McCaffarty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McCaffarty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland221:170,1466,794
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:1,793,52492,026

McCaffarty Last Name Facts

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

McCaffarty is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name McCaffarty? popularity and diffusion

The last name McCaffarty is the 10,311,814th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. McCaffarty is mostly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of McCaffarty are found; 67 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States McCaffarty is most common in: Massachusetts, where 50 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 50 percent reside. Beside The United States this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Scotland, where 33 percent reside.

McCaffarty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McCaffarty has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the McCaffarty last name contracted 93 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 95 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 McCaffarty
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