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    The surname Claffey

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,059 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C410

    Claffey: #23,852 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Claffey #23,852, 1,059 people Claffey: #23,852 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Claffey #23,852, 1,059 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Claffey is more common than 85.3% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhlaithimh (“son of Flaitheamh”), a byname from flaitheamh (“prince, ruler”).

    Claffey is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    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 1,059 people named Claffey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 291,544 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,034.

    #23,852
    rank among US surnames
    1,059
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #23,072)

    Who is named Claffey

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

    97% of people named Claffey identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Claffey

    Claffey has the Soundex code C410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C410.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Claffey come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhlaithimh (“son of Flaitheamh”), a byname from flaitheamh (“prince, ruler”).
    How common is the surname Claffey?
    1,059 people in the United States had the surname Claffey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 291,544 Americans. It ranked 23,852nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Claffey?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Claffey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Claffey?
    Claffey is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Claffey getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,034 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,059 in 2010, up 2.4%.
    What are other spellings of Claffey?
    Laffey.