Gaffney Family History
Gaffney Name Meaning
Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Gamhna
‘descendant of Gamhain’, a byname meaning ‘calf’. On occasion
the English surname Caulfield was adopted as equivalent.Possibly an altered spelling of Swiss German Gaf(f)ner, a
topographic name for a cottage dweller, from dialect Gafene
‘large basket’, ‘Alpine (dairy) hut’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Gaffney Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gaffney families
 261 - 519  88 - 260 |
 1 - 87  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gaffney families
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212 - 421 71 - 211 |
1 - 70 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gaffney families
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74 - 145 25 - 73 |
1 - 24 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Gaffney Family Origin
Gaffney Immigration Information
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Gaffney Family Occupations
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