Taite Surname
Approximately 1,526 people bear this surname
Taite Surname Definition:
A Scottish surname, concerning which I have not gathered any information. Mr. Lower says, 'Teit was a personal name in Norway in the nth century. See the Heimskringla' (Patronymica Britannica).
Read More About This SurnameTaite Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 734 | 1:493,813 | 41,636 |
| Canada | 125 | 1:294,765 | 27,374 |
| Brazil | 117 | 1:1,829,695 | 59,051 |
| New Zealand | 106 | 1:42,720 | 7,111 |
| France | 94 | 1:706,625 | 89,060 |
| Ireland | 76 | 1:61,960 | 4,107 |
| England | 72 | 1:773,862 | 42,299 |
| Australia | 62 | 1:435,415 | 34,362 |
| India | 31 | 1:24,744,045 | 333,161 |
| Jamaica | 25 | 1:114,798 | 4,448 |
| Panama | 16 | 1:244,516 | 6,353 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Guyana | 4 | 1:190,555 | 9,777 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 44 | 1:100,679 | 6,432 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 100 | 1:243,754 | 17,902 |
| Scotland | 28 | 1:133,686 | 5,889 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:224,059 | 8,079 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 144 | 1:348,741 | 26,729 |
Taite (132) may also be a first name.
Taite Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Scottish surname, concerning which I have not gathered any information. Mr. Lower says, 'Teit was a personal name in Norway in the nth century. See the Heimskringla' (Patronymica Britannica).
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Tate' (Yonge). Probably in some casesa modern variant of the Scotch Tait.
Nicholas Tate, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
1635. Married — William Tate and Joane Lewis: St. Dionis Backchurch.
Originally a nickname. Bede (Hist. Eccles., II, 9) tells us that Ethelberga, daughter of Ethelbert, king of Kent, was otherwise called 'Tate' (fem.), and nine individuals named 'Tata' (masc.) are recorded in Birch's Cartularium Saxonicum. The word, meaning 'glad,' 'cheerful,' occurs in ON. as teitr, and as a proper name, Teitr, occurs several times in the Icelandic Landnámabok, A debt due by the king is recorded paid to Thomas dictus Tayt in 1329 (ER., I, p. 211). Between 1362-70 there are a number of entries of payment of pension to John Tayt, clerk, who appears to have been connected with the hospital of Montrose (ibid., II, p. 115,359, etc.). Alexander Tayt was burgess of Edinburgh, 1381 (Egidii, p. 22). Adam Tayte who had a safe conduct to travel in England in 1424, may be the Adam Tayt, scutifer, a charter witness in Paisley, 1432 (Bain, III, 970; RMP., p. 370). Andrew Tait was Master of the Flesher Craft of Edinburgh, 1490 (Colston, Incorporated trades, p. 54), and another Andrew Tayt was one of the perambulators of the boundaries of Yochry and Achbrady, 1492 (RAA., II, 339). Robert Tait was tenant of the land of Wydsyd in 1531 (Rental), Christie Tett and Dand Taitt were tenants under the Abbey of Kelso, 1567 (Kelso, p. 528). The name also appears in Orkney in 1575 (Oppressions, p. 7). A family of the name were proprietors or the barony of Cherrytrees in 1605 (Trials, II, p. 475), and Tait of Pirn, an ancient family in Tweeddale, ended in two heiresses, Margaret and Anne, one of whom married a Horsburgh of that Ilk. Archibald Campbell Tait (1811-1882), born in Edinburgh, became archbishop of Canterbury.
(Anglo-Scand.) Cheerful, Gay, Brisk [Middle English tayt, tate (scot. tait), Old English tát = Old Norse teit-r] (later) (Anglo-French-Latin) 1 a nickname from some peculiarity of the Head [French tête, Old French teste, a head; Latin testa, a pot, (fig.) a skull] 2 Tête is also a French local name (cp. Head).
Teit was a personal name in Norway in the XI. cent. See the Heimskringla. The name is sometimes varied to Taitt, Taite and Tate.
Tata, an Anglo-Saxon personal name. See also Tait.
Pleasure, delight.
(Gaelic.) Pleasure, delight. Tate, learned. Tad, in Welsh, is a father, and Taid, a grandfather.
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This is an Anglo-Scottish surname. It is however probably of Norse-Viking origin, deriving from the pre 7th century Old Norse word teitr, meaning 'glad' or 'cheerful'. In its home country it is recorded as the personal name Teitr, and appears in the Icelandic saga called Landnamabok.
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Taite Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taite Come From? nationality or country of origin
Taite is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Taite? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 257,936th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 4,775,587 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Taite are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 49 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Taite is also the 807,735th most numerous given name on earth, held by 132 people.
The surname Taite is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 734 people, or 1 in 493,813. In The United States Taite is mostly found in: Alabama, where 22 percent reside, California, where 13 percent reside and Michigan, where 9 percent reside. Besides The United States Taite occurs in 30 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 8 percent reside and Brazil, where 8 percent reside.
Taite Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Taite has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Taite last name rose 510 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 173 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it decreased 28 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Taite Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Catholic (61%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Taite surname are 11.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.57% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Taite earn in different countries varies notably. In Colombia they earn 13.7% less than the national average, earning $19,591,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 18.98% less than the national average, earning $34,958 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.78% less than the national average, earning $48,300 CAD per year.
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