Taggarty Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

Taggarty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Taggarty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland131:411,83217,291
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Taggarty Last Name Facts

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

Taggarty occurs most in Scotland. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Taggarty? popularity and diffusion

Taggarty is the 5,391,485th most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. Taggarty is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Taggarty reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name Taggarty is most widely held in Scotland, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 411,832. In Scotland Taggarty is mostly found in: North Lanarkshire, where 92 percent live and Fife, where 8 percent live.

Taggarty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Taggarty has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people carrying the Taggarty surname grew 217 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Taggarty Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tagarty930/
Taggarta881/
Tagarta8041/
Tagarti809/
Tagarte804/
Togarty801/
Tangarte751/
Togarta6798/
Tagorti6712/
Togarti676/
Tagourti6356/
Togartha6316/
Toggorti6313/
Thogarthi594/
Taghourte591/
Toggourti591/
Touggourti5614/
Toggourtie561/
Togorti535/
Tougorti501/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Taggarty
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