Duffy Family History
- Duffy Name Meaning
- Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dubhthaigh ‘descendant of Dubhthach’, a byname derived from dubh ‘black’ (see Duff). This name was borne by a 6th-century saint who was archbishop of Armagh. Scottish and Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dhuibhshíthe ‘son of Duibhshíth’, a personal name composed of the elements dubh ‘black’ (see Duff) + síth ‘peace’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 1,625,999 Historical Documents with Duffy on Ancestry
- 670,568 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 407,448 Census and Voter Lists
- 75,761 Military Records
- 95,583 Immigration Records
- 376,639 Member Trees
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Number of Duffy families
 995 - 1,987  332 - 994 |
 1 - 331  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Duffy families
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107 - 211 36 - 106 |
1 - 35 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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