Coffey Family History
Coffey Name Meaning
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cobhthaigh
‘descendant of Cobhthach’, a byname meaning ‘victorious’.Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cathbhadha ‘descendant of
Cathbhadh’ (‘battle tent’), Ó Cathbhuadhaigh
‘descendant of Cathbhuadhach’ (‘battle victorious’), or Ó
Cathmhogha ‘descendant of Cathmhugh’, a byname meaning
‘battle slave’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Coffey Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Coffey families
 233 - 463  78 - 232 |
 1 - 77  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Coffey families
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29 - 55 10 - 28 |
1 - 9 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Coffey Family Origin
Coffey Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Coffey Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Coffey Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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