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    The surnameTaylor

    An occupational surname, the 17th most common in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈteɪ.lɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex T460 Also a first name

    Taylor: #17 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Taylor #17, 751,209 people Taylor: #17 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#1,000Archer Taylor #17, 751,209 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Taylor is more common than 99.9% of them.

    Origin

    From tailor. Doublet of Tailor.

    Taylor is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 751,209 people named Taylor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 411 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 720,370.

    #17
    rank among US surnames
    751,209
    people in 2010
    255
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #13)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8Davis1,116,357277
    #9Rodriguez1,094,924282
    #10Martinez1,060,159291
    #11Hernandez1,043,281296
    #12López874,523353
    #13Gonzalez841,025367
    #14Wilson801,882385

    Who is named Taylor

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

    65% of people named Taylor identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 65%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 28%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Taylors

    255 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Elizabeth Taylor
      British-American actress (1932–2011)
    • Joseph Hooton Taylor
      American astronomer, born 1941
    • Anya Taylor-Joy
      American actress and model (born 1996)
    • Frederick Winslow Taylor
      American mechanical engineer (1856–1915)
    • Charles Taylor
      22nd president of Liberia, born 1948
    • Corey Taylor
      American musician, born 1973
    • Maddie Taylor
      American voice actress, born 1966
    • Rod Taylor
      Australian actor (1930-2015)
    • James Taylor
      American singer and guitarist, born 1948
    • Robert Taylor
      American actor (1911-1969)
    • Holland Taylor
      American actress, born 1943
    • Teyana Taylor
      American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1990)

    Notable Taylors come mostly from the United States (210), the United Kingdom (21) and Australia (12).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Taylor

    Taylor has the Soundex code T460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T460.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Taylor come from?
    From tailor. Doublet of Tailor.
    How common is the surname Taylor?
    751,209 people in the United States had the surname Taylor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 411 Americans. It ranked 17th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Taylor?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Taylor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Taylor?
    Elizabeth Taylor, British-American actress (1932–2011), followed by Joseph Hooton Taylor.