McCafferty Surname

41,775th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,494 people bear this surname

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

McCafferty Surname Definition:

Mac Eachmharcaigh The former is more usual in Co. Mayo, the latter in Cos. Donegal and Derry. IF 70

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McCafferty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,0541:51,3836,194
Scotland2,5651:2,087381
England1,6361:34,0574,502
Australia1,0431:25,8833,528
Northern Ireland9281:1,988407
Ireland6221:7,5711,073
Canada4911:75,0428,471
New Zealand1041:43,5427,204
Wales921:33,6363,370
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Spain171:2,750,12061,567
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Jersey121:8,2671,718
Isle of Man91:9,5362,057
Norway71:734,61250,907
France71:9,488,960336,266
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Malta11:430,2723,380
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1,0551:4,199734
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland7901:4,738745
England1061:229,95617,302
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5911:31,5643,802

McCafferty Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Mac Eachmharcaigh The former is more usual in Co. Mayo, the latter in Cos. Donegal and Derry. IF 70

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

User-submitted Reference

The name means 'son of a horse rider'.

- nannabelle

McCafferty Last Name Facts

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

The last name McCafferty is found most in The United States. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McCafferty? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 41,775th most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 583,284 people. McCafferty is predominantly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of McCafferty reside; 60 percent reside in North America and 60 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 7,054 people, or 1 in 51,383. In The United States McCafferty is primarily found in: Pennsylvania, where 14 percent live, Ohio, where 10 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 45 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 21 percent live and England, where 13 percent live.

McCafferty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McCafferty has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the McCafferty last name grew 443 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 325 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it grew 1,543 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 41 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McCafferty Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Catholic (93%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McCafferty last name are 9.55% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.32% registered with the party.

The amount McCafferty earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 229.95% more than the national average, earning 1,141,880 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 185.87% more than the national average, earning R 679,332 per year; in United States they earn 7.49% more than the national average, earning $46,383 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.94% more than the national average, earning $50,647 CAD per year.

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