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.

DNA test information

Taggarty Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
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
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Ireland

Taggarty Demographics

Taggarty Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 3 (1901)

Religious Adherence
in Ireland

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Taggarty Last Name Facts

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

The last name Taggarty is more frequently found in Scotland than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Taggarty? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,391,485th most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Taggarty are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Scotland, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 411,832. In Scotland Taggarty is primarily found in: North Lanarkshire, where 92 percent are found and Fife, where 8 percent are found.

Taggarty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Taggarty has changed over time. In Scotland the share of the population with the surname rose 217 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Taggarty Last Name Statistics demography

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

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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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