How common is the surname Caffrey?

3,062 people in the United States had the surname Caffrey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,831 Americans. It ranked 10,486th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Caffrey?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Caffrey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Caffrey?

Stephen Caffrey, American actor.

Where is the surname Caffrey most common?

Wikidata records people named Caffrey in the United States.

Is the surname Caffrey getting more or less common?

More common. 2,987 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,062 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Caffrey

An Irish surname, carried by 3,062 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Caffrey is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced form of McCaffrey.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,062 people named Caffrey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 100,831 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,987.

#10,486

rank among US surnames

3,062

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #9,967)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,478	Doud	3,066	100,700
#10,480	Putney	3,065	100,733
#10,484	Caylor	3,064	100,766
#10,486	Caffrey	3,062	100,831
#10,487	Arens	3,060	100,897
#10,491	Garth	3,059	100,930

Who is named Caffrey

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Caffrey identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Caffreys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Stephen Caffrey
American actor, born 1959

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Caffrey

Cafaro

Caffrey has the Soundex code C160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C160.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Caffrey come from?: Reduced form of McCaffrey.
How common is the surname Caffrey?: 3,062 people in the United States had the surname Caffrey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,831 Americans. It ranked 10,486th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Caffrey?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Caffrey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Caffrey?: Stephen Caffrey, American actor.
Where is the surname Caffrey most common?: Wikidata records people named Caffrey in the United States.
Is the surname Caffrey getting more or less common?: More common. 2,987 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,062 in 2010, up 2.5%.