# Taaffe (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/taaffe/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish, equivalent to English David

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 633 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,537 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 487,750 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.9% (609 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Irish surname usually derived from Welsh Dafydd (“David”). However, it has been suggested that the surname actually derives from Welsh Taf (“a river of Wales”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Taaffe in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Taaffe in the Austrian Empire and the United States.

## People named Taaffe

- Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe, Austrian statesman (1833–1895)
- Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, American composer

## Similar surnames

Taff, Tapia, Tafoya, Tapp, Tabb, Tobey, Taub, Topp, Thapa, Tebo, Taube, Tope.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.