Tafts Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Northern Ireland
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Tafts Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tafts Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Northern Ireland111:167,7318,683
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland191:233,15110,389
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland91:415,91311,811
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States681:738,51047,095

Tafts Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tafts is more commonly found in Northern Ireland than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tafts? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,307,654th most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Tafts is primarily found in Europe, where 57 percent of Tafts live; 57 percent live in Northern Europe and 57 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most common in Northern Ireland, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 167,731. In Northern Ireland Tafts is mostly concentrated in: Ulster, where 100 percent live. Apart from Northern Ireland it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.

Tafts Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tafts has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 97 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 89 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tafts Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Tafts surname is primarily Presbyterian (95%) in Ireland.

Tafts earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In Canada they earn 83.89% more than the national average, earning $91,363 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taft8914,314/
Tofts80803/
Taftø80136/
Tafft8085/
Tafte8041/
Tefts8036/
Tavft801/
Tayft801/
Htaft801/
Tavts800/
Tapft800/
Taftt800/
Thaft800/
Tauft800/
Toftås735/
Toftsø733/
Tawfte731/
Toft's731/
Taafte731/
Teffts731/
Taffte730/
Toffts730/
Toft6711,055/
Tabt6726/
Tavt6714/
Taftová6714/
Tawt673/
Taftova672/
Taftche671/

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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 Tafts
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