Claffey

English

Alternative forms

• Laffey

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhlaithimh (“son of Flaitheamh”), a byname from flaitheamh (“prince, ruler”).

Proper noun

Claffey (plural Claffeys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Claffey is the 23852^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1059 individuals. Claffey is most common among White (96.6%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Claffey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 341.

Anagrams

• face fly