Mahaffey is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Mahaffey
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Mahaffey

How popular is Mahaffey?

Despite the fact that the number of Mahaffey bearers increased by 1.038019 per cent in 2010 US census to 8079 since 2000, the surname slipped by 299 spots and ranked at 4400. The last name was found in around 27 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.11 92.12
Black 4.33 4.48
Hispanic or Latino 2.31 1.59
Others 1.55 1.19
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.4 0.35
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3 0.28

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Leatheam Mahaffey was 16 years old when he migrated to Skenicuty during Irish famine on June 12, 1848. He lived in Ireland and took Lord Byron from Glasgow. Mrs Mahaffey, John Mahaffey (20) Farmer, Moses Mahaffey, aged 17, Farmer Robert Mahaffey, Farmer Samuel Mahaffey, Thomas Mahaffey (12), William Mahaffey, aged 10, 34 years old Eliza Mahaffey, and 2 other Mahaffey mainly farmer migrated to US.

Mahaffey Namesakes

  • Art Mahaffey, Baseball player
  • Audley F. Mahaffey, Politician
  • Roy Mahaffey, Baseball athlete
  • Randolph Mahaffey, Basketball Player
  • John Mahaffey, Golfer
  • Hub Mahaffey, Musical Artist
  • Valerie Mahaffey, Character actress
  • Matt Mahaffey, Multi-instrumentalist
  • Lorrie Mahaffey, Actress
  • Maryann Mahaffey, Political leader

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