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The rafferty Surname

rafferty Name Meaning and History

Irish (especially Ulster): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Rabhartaigh or Ó Robhartaigh (often found as Ó Raithbheartaigh) ‘descendant of Rabhartach or Robhartach’, a personal name meaning ‘flood tide’, hence ‘abundance’, ‘prosperity’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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rafferty Family Facts

Distribution of rafferty Families in the US in 1920
Number of rafferty families
 174-345
 59-173		 1-58
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Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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