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    The surname McCaffery

    An Irish surname, carried by 2,265 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M216

    McCaffery: #13,445 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McCaffery #13,445, 2,265 people McCaffery: #13,445 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McCaffery #13,445, 2,265 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCaffery is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant 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 2,265 people named McCaffery in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 136,311 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,164.

    #13,445
    rank among US surnames
    2,265
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.7%
    change since 2000 (was #12,986)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,438Epperly2,267136,191
    #13,440Lerman2,266136,251
    #13,445Boivin2,265136,311
    #13,453Carstensen2,264136,372

    Who is named McCaffery

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

    95% of people named McCaffery identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Caffery

    Surnames that sound like McCaffery

    McCaffery has the Soundex code M216, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M216.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McCaffery come from?
    Variant of McCaffrey.
    How common is the surname McCaffery?
    2,265 people in the United States had the surname McCaffery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 136,311 Americans. It ranked 13,445th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McCaffery?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McCaffery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname McCaffery getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,164 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,265 in 2010, up 4.7%.
    What are other spellings of McCaffery?
    Caffery.