Taylor ( surname ) - wikipedia Taylor ( surname ) Not to be confused with Tayler. `` Taylor '' The name Taylor comes from those who used to hold the occupation of tailor, as seen above. Pronunciation / ˈteɪlər / TAY - lər Origin Region of origin France Word / Name France Meaning `` tailor '' Other names Variant ( s ) Schneider, Khayat Taylor is a surname used in the British Isles of French and Latin origin which originated as a Norman occupational surname ( meaning tailor ) in France It is derived from the Old French tailleur ( `` cutter '' ), which is in turn derived from the Late Latin taliator, from taliare ( `` to cut '' ). The first historical evidence of the surname dates to the County of Somerset, South West England in 1182. `` Taylor '' is the fifth-most common surname in England, the 11th-most common in Scotland and the 22nd-most common in Wales. 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 ), but has a low incidence in Ireland, where it is mostly concentrated in the North. It is often the anglicized form of the German surname Schneider. Geographical distribution At the time of the United Kingdom Census of 1881, the frequency of the surname `` Taylor '' was highest in the following counties : 1. Kincardineshire ( 1 : 75 ) 2. Kinross - shire ( 1 : 89 ) 3. Lancashire ( 1 : 90 ) 4. Worcestershire ( 1 : 100 ) 5. Orkney ( 1 : 100 ) 6. Aberdeenshire ( 1 : 101 ) 7. Derbyshire ( 1 : 102 ) 8. Banffshire ( 1 : 103 ) 9. Westmorland ( 1 : 106 ) 10. Herefordshire ( 1 : 111 ) As of 2014, the frequency of the surname was highest in the following countries and territories : 1. Turks and Caicos Islands ( 1 : 107 ) 2. The Bahamas ( 1 : 174 ) 3. Montserrat ( 1 : 214 ) 4. Jamaica ( 1 : 218 ) 5. Liberia ( 1 : 259 ) 6. Guernsey ( 1 : 280 ) 7. Norfolk Island ( 1 : 288 ) 8. Saint Kitts and Nevis ( 1 : 291 ) 9. Barbados ( 1 : 304 ) 10. Scotland ( 1 : 306 ) 11. England ( 1 : 310 ) 12. Australia ( 1 : 312 ) 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 : 1. Mississippi ( 1 : 197 ) 2. Tennessee ( 1 : 212 ) 3. Alabama ( 1 : 224 ) 4. West Virginia ( 1 : 225 ) 5. Arkansas ( 1 : 229 ) 6. Kentucky ( 1 : 250 ) 7. Utah ( 1 : 252 ) 8. Virginia ( 1 : 255 ) 9. South Carolina ( 1 : 261 ) 10. North Carolina ( 1 : 270 ) 11. Oklahoma ( 1 : 274 ) 12. Louisiana ( 1 : 284 ) 13. Delaware ( 1 : 292 ) 14. Maryland ( 1 : 297 ) 15. Idaho ( 1 : 309 ) 16. Georgia ( 1 : 325 ) 17. Indiana ( 1 : 335 ) 18. Missouri ( 1 : 345 ) 19. Texas ( 1 : 355 ) 20. D.C. ( 1 : 359 ) 21. Wyoming ( 1 : 367 ) 22. Ohio ( 1 : 374 ) 23. Kansas ( 1 : 375 ) 24. Michigan ( 1 : 382 ) 25. Oregon ( 1 : 396 ) 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 ) See also List of people with surname Taylor Taylor ( given name ) References ^ Jump up to : Taylor Meaning at Forebears Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2011 - 08 - 08. Retrieved 2008 - 02 - 01. CS1 maint : BOT : original - url status unknown ( link ) Jump up ^ Tailor at Oxford Dictionaries Jump up ^ `` Learn about the family history of your surname ''. Ancestry.com. Retrieved 14 October 2010. which cited Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0 - 19 - 508137 - 4. for the surname `` Taylor ''. Jump up ^ Cottle, Basil ( 1967 ). Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD : Penguin Books. ISBN 978 - 0 - 14 - 051032 - 4. Jump up ^ `` Surname : Taylor ''. surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2008 - 02 - 01. Jump up ^. 2 February 2016 http://forebears.io/surnames/taylor#nations2014. Missing or empty title = ( help ) Jump up ^ United States Census Bureau ( 9 May 1995 ). s : 2000 Census Name Files dist. all. last ( 1 - 100 ). Retrieved on 10 May 2010. Jump up ^ German - speaking immigrants to English - speaking countries often anglicized the name to Taylor. ^ Jump up to : Taylor Surname Distribution Surnames associated with the occupations of tailor / seamster Germanic Tayler, Taylor Schneider, Sneijder, Snijders, Schnyder, Schnider, Schnieder, Schnaider Anglicized : Snyder, Snyders, Snider ; Polonized : Sznajder ; Russified : Shneider Schröder / Schroeder Shnaider Snyman Znaider ( זנאַידער, Yiddish ), Kleid ( קליידל, Yiddish ) Romance Sarti, Sarto, Del Sarto, Sartre, Sartori, Sartorius Sastre Couturier, Couture, Croitoru, Croitor Slavic Kravets ( Yiddish calques : Kravits / Kravitz ), Kravtsov / Krawtzoff, Kravchenko, Kravchuk Krawiec, Krawczyk, Krawczak, Krawczuk, Krawczyński ( Yiddish calque : Krawtz ) Krajčí ( Krajci ), Krajčík, Krajčír ( Kraicir ), Krejčí, Krejčík, Krejčír Portnoy, Portnov, Portnyagin Semitic Chait / Khait Al Khayat / El Khayat Ibn Khayyat Bint Khayyat Khayat Other Darzi, Szabó, Raftis / Ράφτης, Terzioğlu, Quemener, Le Gourrierec Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Taylor_(surname)&oldid=824351159 '' Categories : Surnames of Norman origin Scottish surnames Occupational surnames Hidden categories : CS1 maint : BOT : original - url status unknown Pages with citations lacking titles Pages with citations having bare URLs Pages using div col with deprecated parameters Talk About Wikipedia Bân - lâm - gú Deutsch Italiano Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 6 February 2018, at 20 : 53. 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Question: where did the last name taylor originate from
Answer: Old French; a Norman occupational surname (meaning tailor) in France