Last Name QUAIFE

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Meaning The name was spelt Coyf and Coyfe 250 years ago both in East Sussex and West Kent. It is probbaly a nickname from the dress of one of the mediaeval ecclesiastical or monastical orders.
Origin English, Irish, South african

Rank 89,172 (2000 US census) 31,300 (1990 US census)
Count 193 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 94.82%, or 183 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 2.59%, or 5 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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