How common is the surname Taaffe?

633 people in the United States had the surname Taaffe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 487,750 Americans. It ranked 35,537th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Taaffe?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Taaffe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Taaffe?

Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe, Austrian statesman (1833–1895), followed by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.

Where is the surname Taaffe most common?

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

Is the surname Taaffe getting more or less common?

More common. 609 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 633 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Taaffe

An Irish surname, carried by 633 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Taaffe is more common than 78.1% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

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”).

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 633 people named Taaffe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 487,750 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 609.

#35,537

rank among US surnames

633

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #35,053)

Who is named Taaffe

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Taaffe identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Taaffes

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe
Austrian statesman (1833–1895)
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
American composer, born 1939

Notable Taaffes come mostly from the Austrian Empire (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Taaffe

Taff

Taaffe has the Soundex code T100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T100.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Taaffe come from?: 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”).
How common is the surname Taaffe?: 633 people in the United States had the surname Taaffe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 487,750 Americans. It ranked 35,537th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Taaffe?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Taaffe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Taaffe?: Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe, Austrian statesman (1833–1895), followed by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.
Where is the surname Taaffe most common?: Wikidata records people named Taaffe in the Austrian Empire and the United States.
Is the surname Taaffe getting more or less common?: More common. 609 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 633 in 2010, up 3.9%.