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

Raffery is most common in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Raffery? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,908,606th most widespread family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Raffery occurs mostly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Raffery live; 69 percent live in North America and 69 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Raffery is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 32,950,812. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 18 percent are found, Mississippi, where 18 percent are found and New York, where 18 percent are found. Besides The United States it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Northern Ireland, where 13 percent are found and Scotland, where 13 percent are found.

Raffery Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Raffery has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 8 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 91 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Raffery Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Raffery last name 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
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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 Raffery
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