Mccafferty Family History
Mccafferty Name Meaning
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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Name Distribution of Mccafferty Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Mccafferty families
 54 - 105  19 - 53 |
 1 - 18  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Mccafferty families
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21 - 40 8 - 20 |
1 - 7 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Mccafferty families
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290 - 577 97 - 289 |
1 - 96 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Mccafferty Family Origin
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Mccafferty Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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