The surname McHaffie
An occupational surname, carried by 541 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex M210
Origin
Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Cathbhaidh (“son of the servant of (Saint) Cathbhadh”).
McHaffie is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 541 people named McHaffie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 570,694 Americans. That is up 9.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 496.
Who is named McHaffie
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named McHaffie identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 1.1% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 96%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
- Two or more races 1.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like McHaffie
McHaffie has the Soundex code M210, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M210.
Questions
- Where does the surname McHaffie come from?
- Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Cathbhaidh (“son of the servant of (Saint) Cathbhadh”).
- How common is the surname McHaffie?
- 541 people in the United States had the surname McHaffie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 570,694 Americans. It ranked 40,432nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname McHaffie?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McHaffie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- What type of surname is McHaffie?
- McHaffie is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
- Is the surname McHaffie getting more or less common?
- More common. 496 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 541 in 2010, up 9.1%.