Tagg Surname

110,122nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jersey

Tagg Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Agnes,' a great favourite in the 13th and 14th centuries. Nick. Tagg and Taggy. The latter continues to be used in Furness, where Agnes is still almost first favourite. I had a Taggy in my kitchen at Ulverston.

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Tagg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,0771:26,8263,654
United States1,1271:321,61429,307
Australia3101:87,08310,056
South Africa1561:347,29331,960
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Canada1151:320,39629,368
New Zealand751:60,3789,390
Wales591:52,4504,823
Scotland501:107,0767,147
Sweden481:205,14114,201
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Jersey71:14,1722,872
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Qatar61:393,00055,922
India51:153,413,076951,030
Mauritius51:258,6838,939
China41:341,830,39216,990
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
France11:66,422,722504,397
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,0801:22,5703,164
Scotland631:59,4163,787
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2271:221,22818,802

Tagg (111) may also be a first name.

Tagg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Agnes,' a great favourite in the 13th and 14th centuries. Nick. Tagg and Taggy. The latter continues to be used in Furness, where Agnes is still almost first favourite. I had a Taggy in my kitchen at Ulverston. We find the French diminutive as a suffix in Taggon; compare Marion from Mary, Alison from Alice, Gibbon from Gib = Gilbert, v. Agate (a).

Richard Tagg, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Thomas Tagge, et Sissota uxor ejus, 1379: Poll Tax of Howdenshire.

Thomas Tagon, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes Tagge, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Robertus Tag, 1379: ibid.

1637. Buried — Tagg Witt, Wiltshire: Reg. Broad Chalke.

1771. Married — James Tagg and Bett Miles: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Scandinavian) a nickname from the animal [Dialectal English tag, a yearling sheep: cp. Swedish tacka, a ewe] "Tag, Tagge, a sheep of the first year”.— Dict. Kent. Dialectal Cp. Tegg.

(Anglo-Greek) a pet form of Agnes [Greekάγνός, pure, chaste, sacred] Both Tag and Tagge occur as surnames in the Yorks Poll-Tax a.d. 1379.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Radulphus Tac, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Richard Tagg, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

Tagg was an Oxfordshire name in the 13th century (H. R.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Tagg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tagg (Russian: Тагг) occurs most in England. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Tagg.

How Common Is The Last Name Tagg? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tagg is the 110,122nd most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,725,680 people. The last name Tagg occurs mostly in Europe, where 54 percent of Tagg are found; 53 percent are found in Northern Europe and 52 percent are found in British Isles. Tagg is also the 890,531st most common forename internationally, borne by 111 people.

This last name is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 2,077 people, or 1 in 26,826. In England Tagg is primarily found in: Greater London, where 16 percent live, Derbyshire, where 10 percent live and South Yorkshire, where 6 percent live. Beside England this last name is found in 41 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 27 percent live and Australia, where 7 percent live.

Tagg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Tagg has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Tagg last name grew 192 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 496 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 21 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Tagg Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Tagg surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Tagg surname are 7.04% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.81% registered with the political party.

The amount Tagg earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 87.31% more than the national average, earning R 445,128 per year; in United States they earn 7.9% more than the national average, earning $46,556 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.52% more than the national average, earning $53,918 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taggs8936/
Thagg8913/
Tgagg891/
Taigg890/
Tag8634,425/
Teaggs802/
Taggic801/
Taggue801/
Taag752,431/
Tagh752,150/
Taig75770/
Taug75648/
Thag75285/
Taqg7563/
Teag7529/
Tags7527/
Togg7515/
Tajg7514/
Tagø754/
Tagt753/
Tahg753/
Tayg752/
Takg751/
Tagx751/
Tagk751/
Tagz751/
Tagq751/
Tague676,812/
Taugs6773/
Tgoug6742/
Taugh679/
Teags678/
Thaug672/
Taagh672/
Taigh671/
Tahag671/
Thasg671/
Teagz671/
Taigt671/
Theag671/
Taijg671/
Thogg671/
Thagz671/
Taygh671/
Thaag671/
Teagh671/
Tayhg670/
Teigg670/

Tagg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tagg in the Russian language
Таггtagg-

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