Mehaffy Surname
Approximately 525 people bear this surname
Mehaffy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 418 | 1:867,127 | 65,849 |
| Northern Ireland | 53 | 1:34,812 | 3,411 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 37 | 1:119,726 | 7,101 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 78 | 1:643,829 | 42,510 |
Mehaffy Demographics
Mehaffy Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Mehaffy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mehaffy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mehaffy is found most in The United States. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mehaffy? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 593,568th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 13,881,040 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 76 percent of Mehaffy live; 76 percent live in North America and 76 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 418 people, or 1 in 867,127. In The United States Mehaffy is mostly concentrated in: Iowa, where 35 percent are found, New York, where 15 percent are found and Missouri, where 8 percent are found. Other than The United States this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Northern Ireland, where 10 percent are found and England, where 5 percent are found.
Mehaffy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Mehaffy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Mehaffy last name increased 536 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Mehaffy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Presbyterian (41%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Mehaffy surname are 5.68% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.91% registered with the party.
Mehaffy earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.93% more than the national average, earning $47,003 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mehaffey | 93 | 2,568 | / |
| Mehaffay | 93 | 0 | / |
| Meehaffy | 93 | 0 | / |
| Meheaffey | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mehaffeey | 88 | 0 | / |
| Mehhaffey | 88 | 0 | / |
| Mehafey | 86 | 3 | / |
| Mhaffey | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mehaffi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mehaffe | 86 | 0 | / |
| Mehaffie | 80 | 373 | / |
| Mehaffui | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mehaffee | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mayhaffy | 80 | 0 | / |
| Mehoffey | 80 | 0 | / |
| Maffey | 77 | 917 | / |
| Mehafi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Meafay | 77 | 0 | / |
| Meafoy | 77 | 0 | / |
| Mahaffeey | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mehafid | 71 | 39 | / |
| Mehafuj | 71 | 25 | / |
| Mahafey | 71 | 13 | / |
| Mahffey | 71 | 12 | / |
| Mahaffe | 71 | 10 | / |
| Mehatfi | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mauffey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mehafie | 71 | 0 | / |
| Maffe | 67 | 749 | / |
| Mahaffee | 67 | 173 | / |
| Maffè | 67 | 47 | / |
| Mehoffer | 67 | 23 | / |
| Meafi | 67 | 18 | / |
| Mhafe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mafey | 67 | 9 | / |
| Maffé | 67 | 4 | / |
| Moefy | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mahafeey | 67 | 2 | / |
| Meafe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maify | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mejaffie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meyhafer | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Mehaffy
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