Rafferty Family History
Rafferty Name Meaning
Irish (especially Ulster): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic
Ó Rabhartaigh or Ó Robhartaigh (often found as
Ó Raithbheartaigh) ‘descendant of Rabhartach or
Robhartach’, a personal name meaning ‘flood tide’, hence
‘abundance’, ‘prosperity’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Rafferty Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rafferty families
 174 - 345  59 - 173 |
 1 - 58  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Rafferty families
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224 - 445 75 - 223 |
1 - 74 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Rafferty families
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180 - 357 61 - 179 |
1 - 60 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Rafferty Family Origin
Rafferty Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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Rafferty Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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