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The lafferty Surname

lafferty Name Meaning and History

Irish (mainly northern Ireland): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fhlaithbheartaigh or Mac Fhlaithbheartaigh ‘descendant (or ‘son’) of Flaithbheartach’, a personal name composed of the elements flaith ‘prince’, ‘ruler’ + beartach ‘doer of valiant deeds’. See also Flaherty.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The lafferty name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the lafferty family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of lafferty Families in the US in 1920
Number of lafferty families
 215-428
 72-214		 1-71
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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