Taylor (surname)

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"Taylor"
Tailor at work.jpg
The name Taylor comes from those who used to hold the occupation of tailor, as seen above.
Pronunciation /ˈtlər/ TAY-lər
Origin
Word/name England
Meaning"tailor"
Region of origin England
Other names
Variant form(s) Schneider, Khayat

Taylor is a surname of English origin. It is believed to have developed in England after the Norman invasion. Possibly coming from the Norman occupational surname (meaning tailor ) in France. [1] [2] derived from the Old French tailleur ("cutter"), [3] which derived from the Catalan Tauler meaning cutting board, or the Galician Tello meaning tile. The first historical evidence of the surname dates to the County of Somerset, South West England in 1182. [4] "Taylor" is the fourth-most common surname in United Kingdom, [5] fifth-most common in England, the 11th-most common in Scotland and the 22nd-most common in Wales. [1] [6] It is also common in other English-speaking countries (especially Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States, where it was the tenth most frequently encountered surname in the 2000 US Census), [7] but has a low incidence in Ireland, where it is mostly concentrated in the North. [1] It is often considered the anglicized form of the German surname Schneider. [8]

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Geographical distribution

At the time of the United Kingdom Census of 1881, the frequency of the surname "Taylor" was highest in the following counties: [9]

As of 2014, the frequency of the surname was highest in the following countries and territories:

As of 2014, 57.9% of all known bearers of the surname "Taylor" were residents of the United States. The frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1: 407) in the following U.S. states: [9]

The frequency of the surname was highest (over four times the national average) in the following U.S. counties:

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References

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  2. "Clan Taylor". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
  3. Tailor at Oxford Dictionaries
  4. "Surname: Taylor". surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
  5. "UK Surnames Ranking". UK Surname Map.
  6. "Taylor Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History". 2 February 2016.
  7. United States Census Bureau (9 May 1995). s:2000 Census Name Files dist.all.last (1-100). Retrieved on 10 May 2010.
  8. German-speaking immigrants to English-speaking countries often anglicized the name to Taylor.
  9. 1 2 Taylor Surname Distribution