Goffney Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 6
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Goffney Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Goffney family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Cotton Piecer 2
Labourer 1
Laborer 1
None 1
Cotton Factory Worker 1
Story Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Goffney

Name Census Frequency
John Goffney 14
Mary Goffney 10
James Goffney 8
Elizabeth Goffney 6
Thomas Goffney 5
Rose Goffney 4
Ann Goffney 3
Joseph Goffney 3
Margaret Goffney 3
Patrick Goffney 3
William Goffney 3
Alice Goffney 2
Bridget Goffney 2
Catherine Goffney 2
Edward Goffney 2
Eliza Goffney 2
Ellen Goffney 2
George Goffney 2
Michael Goffney 2
Peter Goffney 2
Agnes Goffney 1
Annie Goffney 1
Cath Goffney 1
Charles Goffney 1
Eleanor Goffney 1

Goffney Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gaffney 86% 4,868
2 Giffany 57% 152
3 Gaffiney 75% 149
4 Gaffeney 75% 113
5 Goffney 100% 104

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The surname Goffney is the 5th most popular variant of Gaffney.

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