The surname Raftery
An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,747 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex R136
Origin
Irish origin
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Reachtabhra (“son of Reachtabhra”), a personal name which derives from reacht (“decree”).
Raftery 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 1,747 people named Raftery in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,729 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,721.
Who is named Raftery
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Raftery identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 96%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
- Two or more races 1.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Raftery
Raftery has the Soundex code R136, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R136.
Other Irish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Raftery come from?
- Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Reachtabhra (“son of Reachtabhra”), a personal name which derives from reacht (“decree”).
- How common is the surname Raftery?
- 1,747 people in the United States had the surname Raftery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,729 Americans. It ranked 16,457th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Raftery?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Raftery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- What type of surname is Raftery?
- Raftery is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Raftery getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,721 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,747 in 2010, up 1.5%.