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English occupational surname
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]
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:
1.
Wayne County, Utah (1: 25)
2.
Bacon County, Georgia (1: 31)
3.
Clay County, W.Va. (1: 47)
4.
Haywood County, Tenn. (1: 50)
5.
Borden County, Texas (1: 53)
6.
McCreary County, Ky. (1: 64)
7.
Dickens County, Texas (1: 64)
8.
Tallahatchie County, Miss. (1: 69)
9.
Thomas County, Neb. (1: 70)
10.
Yakutat, Alaska (1: 74)
11.
Accomack County, Va. (1: 74)
12.
Pleasants County, W. Va. (1: 74)
13.
Sussex County, Va. (1: 75)
14.
Noxubee County, Miss. (1: 76)
15.
Red River Parish, La. (1: 79)
16.
Roane County, W.Va. (1: 81)
17.
Ware County, Ga. (1: 82)
18.
Essex County, Va. (1: 82)
19.
Greene County, N.C. (1: 82)
20.
Washington County, Ala. (1: 84)
21.
Lauderdale County, Tenn. (1: 86)
22.
Judith Basin County, Mont. (1: 88)
23.
Buckingham County, Va. (1: 89)
24.
Lamar County, Ala. (1: 90)
25.
Lowndes County, Ala. (1: 90)
26.
Marion County, Ala. (1: 94)
27.
Martin County, N.C. (1: 94)
28.
Grayson County, Va. (1: 95)
29.
Jones County, N.C. (1: 95)
30.
Moore County, Tenn. (1: 95)
31.
Northampton County, N.C. (1: 99)
32.
Lenoir County, N.C. (1: 100)
33.
Bolivar County, Miss. (1: 100)
34.
Tunica County, Miss. (1: 101)
35.
DeKalb County, Tenn. (1: 101)
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See also
References
Germanic
Tayler ,
Taylor
Schneider ,
Schnieder ,
Schnieders
Schröder
Schroeder ,
Schröter ,
Schrödter ,
Schrötter ,
Schröer ,
Schrörs ,
Schreurs ,
Schrader ,
Schroder ,
Schroedter ,
Schrøder ,
Schreuder ,
Schreuders
Snyman
Kleid (קליידל, Yiddish)
Nager ,
Neher ,
Stich ,
Faulstich ,
Nader ,
Neder
Romance Slavic
Kravets ,
Kravtsov/Krawtzoff ,
Kravchenko ,
Kravchuk
Krawiec (Yiddish calques:
Kravits/Kravitz ,
Krawetz ,
Krawtz ),
Krawczyk ,
Krawczak ,
Krawczuk ,
Krawczyński (
Kravchinsky ,
Kravchynskyi ),
Krajčí /Krajci,
Krajčík ,
Krajčír /Kraicir,
Krejčí ,
Krejčík ,
Krejčír
Portnoy /Portnoi,
Portnoff ,
Portnov ,
Portnow ,
Portnyagin
Shvets ,
Shevtsov
Semitic Other