Gaffney
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gamhna (“descendant of Gamhain”), a byname from gamhain (“calf”).
Proper noun[edit]
Gaffney (countable and uncountable, plural Gaffneys)
- A surname from Irish.
- A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Gaffney is the 2819th 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[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gaffney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Irish
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Irish
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