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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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Mccafferty
Name Distribution of Mccafferty Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Mccafferty families
 21 - 40  8 - 20 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Mccafferty families
|
290 - 577 97 - 289 |
1 - 96 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Mccafferty Family Origin
Mccafferty Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Mccafferty Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Mccafferty Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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