# McCaffery (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mccaffery/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,265 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,445 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 136,311 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.7% (2,164 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Caffery |

## Etymology

Variant of McCaffrey.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McCaffery in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Similar surnames

McCaffrey, McCafferty, McBride, McFarland, McPherson, McGovern, McFarlane, McKeever, Mashburn, Macpherson, McIver, Macfarlane.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.