Taitt Surname

154,609th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,839 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Barbados

Taitt 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).

Taitt Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3381:270,89625,418
Barbados5011:574156
Trinidad and Tobago4091:3,335562
England2391:233,13019,331
Canada971:379,85133,859
Guyana971:7,8581,269
Panama351:111,7794,120
Grenada281:3,876538
Venezuela221:1,372,91318,810
Jamaica121:239,1626,359
Scotland121:446,15118,166
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Ireland101:470,89415,820
Antigua and Barbuda61:16,5281,436
Saint Kitts and Nevis41:13,800846
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Saint Lucia21:89,3902,918
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
France11:66,422,722504,397
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland101:442,98715,290
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States471:1,068,48362,061

Taitt (10) may also be a first name.

Taitt 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).

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

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.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(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).

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One with a large or peculiar head; a gay or cheerful person; dweller at the top of the hill.

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Teit was a personal name in Norway in the XI. cent. See the Heimskringla. The name is sometimes varied to Taitt, Taite and Tate.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Pleasure, delight.

— The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames (1862) by Clifford Stanley Sims (1839-1896)
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Taitt Demographics

Average Male Taitt Height

177.61 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 23 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Taitt Last Name Facts

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

The surname Taitt occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Taitt? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 154,609th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,566,941 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Taitt live; 51 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held forename world-wide, held by 10 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 1,338 people, or 1 in 270,896. In The United States Taitt is most common in: New York, where 42 percent are found, Florida, where 9 percent are found and Illinois, where 8 percent are found. Other than The United States Taitt occurs in 25 countries. It is also found in Barbados, where 18 percent are found and Trinidad and Tobago, where 14 percent are found.

Taitt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Taitt has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Taitt last name increased 2,847 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 2,173 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 240 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Taitt Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Catholic (90%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Taitt last name are 20.35% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 73.58% registered with the party.

The amount Taitt earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 6.04% more than the national average, earning $45,756 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.53% less than the national average, earning $47,931 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taitte9172/
Taitts9112/
Tajitt911/
Tait8944,495/
Tatt89994/
Titt89270/
Taiette8321/
Tatte802,063/
Taite801,526/
Tuitt801,384/
Thait80198/
Taits80144/
Titte8059/
Teitt8051/
Tajit8051/
Thatt8044/
Taiet8028/
Tayit8026/
Thitt8018/
Tautt8016/
Taiot8012/
Tatts805/
Taiat805/
Htait804/
Taiit803/
Tiett802/
Taith801/
Tiott801/
Taist801/
Taait801/
Taytt801/
Teatt800/
Tai75276,834/
Tat7549,468/
Tit751,979/
Thatte732,711/
Tahiat73676/
Thaiat73243/
Thitte73242/
Taiete73120/
Taithe7383/
Taiste7365/
Thaite7355/
Taitch7333/
Thajit7331/
Tahiet7322/
Htayit7316/
Thayit739/
Thaith737/
Theatt736/
Tatthe734/
Taicht733/
Taieth733/
Thatth732/
Tawett731/
Tayatt731/
Thuitt731/
Tahait731/
Tajite731/
Taiute731/
Taiyot731/
Thitth731/
Thatht731/
Tayett730/
Tuiett730/
Thiott730/
Teitht730/
Taggit730/
Teuitt730/
Theitt730/
Tuitte730/
Ttuitt730/
Thatts730/
Thai67366,141/
Tate67139,417/
Tith6738,823/
Taid6731,395/
That6719,311/
Taji6718,559/
Tayi678,405/
Tite676,059/
Tiet675,702/
Htat675,537/
Taia673,951/
Thit673,900/
Taut672,895/
Taie672,679/
Taiz671,652/
Taai671,614/
Taii671,531/
Tais671,516/
Toit671,344/
Taip671,339/
Teat671,144/
Taat67923/
Tuit67777/
Tett67756/
Taih67612/
Taio67588/
Tast67514/
Taggett67333/
Tath67202/
Taht67200/
Tats67143/
Tiggett67141/
Taiu67116/
Tayt67112/
Taij67100/
Taet6779/
Tadt6749/
Teit6739/
Taiy6738/
Tayette6734/
Tahajit6726/
Taiš6725/
Tiot6722/
Taşt6717/
Thaiate6716/
Tuiyott6715/
Taitsch6714/
Tgai6713/
Htit6712/
Tist6711/
Taği678/
Thatthe677/
Thayatt675/
Taitova673/
Taić673/
Htai673/
Thajith672/
Dtat672/
Tatd672/
Tidt672/
Ttat672/
Tajt672/
Theatts671/
Tiththe671/
Thitthe671/
T'Ai671/
Taththe671/
Taié671/
Taió671/
Tahiath671/
Taiè671/
Taič671/
Tatì671/
Tahiute671/
Ttit671/
Tgat671/
Dtai671/
Thistte670/
Thauett670/
Tytt670/
Tauette670/
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