Gaffney

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Gaffaney, Goffney

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gamhna (“descendant of Gamhain”), a byname from gamhain (“calf”).

Proper noun

Gaffney (countable and uncountable, plural Gaffneys)

1. A surname from Irish.
2. A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gaffney is the 2819^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12805 individuals. Gaffney is most common among White (83.06%) and Black/African American (12.07%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gaffney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.