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The mccafferty Surname

mccafferty Name Meaning and History

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eachmharcaigh, ‘son of Eachmharcach’, a personal name composed of the elements each ‘horse’ + marcach ‘rider’, ‘knight’. The sound change ch to f also occurs in a number of other names. Compare Murphy. The surname is found in Donegal, probably a branch of the O’Dohertys.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of mccafferty Families in the US in 1920
Number of mccafferty families
 54-105
 19-53
 1-18
 0
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