Diffey

English

Alternative forms

• Diffee

Etymology

Perhaps a nickname from Anglo-Norman defieu (“faithless, disloyal”).

Proper noun

Diffey (plural Diffeys)

1. A surname transferred from the nickname [in turn from Anglo-Norman].

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Diffey is the 85228^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 268 individuals. Diffey is most common among White (97.39%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Diffey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 460.