Where does the surname Taliaferro come from?

Taliaferro is Italian in origin.

How common is the surname Taliaferro?

3,959 people in the United States had the surname Taliaferro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,986 Americans. It ranked 8,364th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Taliaferro?

Al Taliaferro, American comics artist (1905-1969), followed by Mabel Taliaferro.

Where is the surname Taliaferro most common?

Wikidata records people named Taliaferro in the United States.

Is the surname Taliaferro getting more or less common?

More common. 3,725 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,959 in 2010, up 6.3%.

The surname Taliaferro

An Italian surname, carried by 3,959 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex T416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Taliaferro is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

A surname, derived from Italian.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,959 people named Taliaferro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,986 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,725.

#8,364

rank among US surnames

3,959

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+6.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,199)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,356	Hiles	3,962	77,927
#8,359	Brunk	3,961	77,946
#8,361	Mounts	3,960	77,966
#8,364	Taliaferro	3,959	77,986
#8,365	Schade	3,958	78,005
#8,368	Popovich	3,957	78,025
#8,369	Bressler	3,956	78,045

Who is named Taliaferro

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

55% of people named Taliaferro identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 55%
Black (not Hispanic) 37%
Two or more races 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Taliaferros

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Al Taliaferro
American comics artist (1905-1969)
Mabel Taliaferro
Actress (1887-1979)
Edith Taliaferro
American actress (1894–1958)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Taliaferro

Talavera

Taliaferro has the Soundex code T416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T416.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Taliaferro come from?: Taliaferro is Italian in origin.
How common is the surname Taliaferro?: 3,959 people in the United States had the surname Taliaferro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,986 Americans. It ranked 8,364th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Taliaferro?: In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Taliaferro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Taliaferro?: Al Taliaferro, American comics artist (1905-1969), followed by Mabel Taliaferro.
Where is the surname Taliaferro most common?: Wikidata records people named Taliaferro in the United States.
Is the surname Taliaferro getting more or less common?: More common. 3,725 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,959 in 2010, up 6.3%.