Lafferty

English

Alternative forms

• Laverty

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Laithbhearthaig. Compare Flaherty.

Proper noun

Lafferty (plural Laffertys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lafferty is the 3443^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10373 individuals. Lafferty is most common among White (93.12%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lafferty”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 378.