Raffery Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

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

Raffery Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Raffery Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Raffery Last Name Facts

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

The last name Raffery is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Raffery? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,908,606th most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 69 percent of Raffery are found; 69 percent are found in North America and 69 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 32,950,812. In The United States Raffery is mostly concentrated in: California, where 18 percent live, Mississippi, where 18 percent live and New York, where 18 percent live. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Northern Ireland, where 13 percent live and Scotland, where 13 percent live.

Raffery Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Raffery has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Raffery last name contracted 8 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 91 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Raffery Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Raffery earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.38% less than the national average, earning $34,788 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rafferay931/
Rafery921/
Roffery862/
Raffere861/
Rafetry861/
Raffaray801/
Rafetrey800/
Rafera7722/
Raferi775/
Rafiry772/
Rafary772/
Rafere771/
Rafaeri714/
Rayfory711/
Rayferi711/
Raferza711/
Rafered710/
Rhaffari671/
Ra'afera671/
Rapferer671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Raffery
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