The CAFFREY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	2,987	9967	0.001	11
United States (1880 census)	998	5468	0.002	20
Change since 1880	+1989	-4499	-0.001	-9
Other Countries
Australia	114	12731	0.001	7
United Kingdom	1,165	4650	0.003	25

Top States for CAFFREY by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
New Jersey	371	2455	0.004	44
New York	321	5900	0.002	17
Pennsylvania	301	4931	0.002	25
Massachusetts	188	4377	0.003	30
California	166	14440	0.000	5
Top States for CAFFREY by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Rhode Island	61	2589	0.006	58
New Jersey	371	2455	0.004	44
Connecticut	121	3689	0.004	36
Montana	32	4155	0.004	35
Massachusetts	188	4377	0.003	30

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called CAFFREY live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called CAFFREY represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called CAFFREY in New Jersey than any other state, but you are more likely to find a CAFFREY by picking someone at random in Rhode Island than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of CAFFREY

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Ireland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From given name or forename

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the CAFFREY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the CAFFREY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of CAFFREY in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Black/African American	50	1.67
White (Hispanic)	36	1.21
Mixed Race	19	0.64
White (Caucasian)	2,862	95.82
Asian/Pacific	Less than 100	Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan	Less than 100	Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the CAFFREY surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to CAFFREY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as CAFFREY.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.