Taffley Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Liberia

Taffley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Taffley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:5,571,806158,774
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:1,160,73243,748

Taffley Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Taffley Come From? nationality or country of origin

Taffley is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Taffley? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,587,209th most frequently held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Taffley occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of Taffley are found; 83 percent are found in Northern Europe and 83 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly used in England, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 5,571,806. In England Taffley is primarily found in: Staffordshire, where 70 percent reside and West Midlands, where 30 percent reside. Barring England this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 8 percent reside and The United States, where 8 percent reside.

Taffley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Taffley has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Taffley last name contracted 52 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taffle9223/
Tafflet8665/
Taffler8637/
Teafley863/
Teffley861/
Tauffle860/
Toffley860/
Tafly83102/
Tafle839/
Tafflees801/
Tafler77130/
Toffle7730/
Taflya777/
Tefley776/
Tofley772/
Teffly771/
Teffle771/
Thafly771/
Toffler71191/
Täffler718/
Taufler712/
Thaflet712/
Towfley711/
Taffelleit711/
Tafelle711/
Taufles710/
Tafli67408/
Toufflet67247/
Tafla67140/
Taffelli6734/
Tofle6711/
Tefle673/
Teffilly671/
Thafleeh671/
Tofly671/
Tasfleth670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Taffley
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