Tax Surname

33,259th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,969 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Guatemala
Highest density in:
Guatemala

Tax Surname Definition:

From Tack, Tacke, Tagg, Tagge; perhaps from Tagert, Taggard, Taggart, Taggert.

Tax Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guatemala10,6171:1,515269
Mexico1,1721:105,9103,845
Netherlands1,1131:15,1732,281
United States7531:481,35340,751
Bangladesh6311:252,5467,887
Sri Lanka2921:71,2627,441
Egypt2141:429,60625,756
India1831:4,191,614111,941
Austria1561:54,5868,575
South Africa991:547,25043,124
Nigeria941:1,884,49767,423
Germany771:1,045,52570,954
Canada711:518,95243,932
Czechia591:180,22826,726
Belgium541:212,90127,429
England511:1,092,51152,584
Australia491:550,93340,757
Papua New Guinea471:173,48324,058
Hungary451:218,13918,044
Pakistan241:7,443,49540,927
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Cameroon141:1,483,50583,777
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Tanzania81:6,617,70268,742
Panama71:558,8949,437
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Malta41:107,5681,849
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
France41:16,605,680368,153
China31:455,773,85521,925
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Belize11:355,4743,977
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States401:1,255,46770,036

Tax (1,147) may also be a first name.

Tax Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From Tack, Tacke, Tagg, Tagge; perhaps from Tagert, Taggard, Taggart, Taggert.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Tax Last Name Facts

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

Tax has its highest incidence in Guatemala. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tax? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 33,259th most widely held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 456,356 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 79 percent of Tax reside; 67 percent reside in Central America and 67 percent reside in Hispano-Central America. Tax is also the 234,992nd most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 1,147 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Guatemala, where it is borne by 10,617 people, or 1 in 1,515. In Guatemala Tax is primarily found in: Totonicapán Department, where 49 percent reside, Sololá Department, where 20 percent reside and Quiché Department, where 10 percent reside. Other than Guatemala this last name occurs in 74 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 7 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 7 percent reside.

Tax Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tax has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 1,883 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 319 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tax Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Tax surname are 38.15% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 91.38% registered with the political party.

The amount Tax earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 73.98% less than the national average, earning R 61,824 per year; in United States they earn 6.81% less than the national average, earning $40,212 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.35% more than the national average, earning $50,853 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taix86344/
Takx86177/
Taux86135/
Taxt8645/
Taxe8643/
Taïx863/
Taxh863/
Taxs862/
Taxx862/
Teax862/
Taqx861/
Tacx861/
Tazx861/
Tgax861/
Tagx861/
Taax861/
Tasx861/
Thax860/
Tauxe75545/
Tackx7563/
Taixe7515/
Thaux7511/
Tatxe756/
Theax752/
Dtaxz751/
Taanx751/
Dtatx751/
Thaix751/
Taxce751/
Thaxz751/
Thanx751/
Taskx751/
Taj67222,257/
Taş67160,880/
Tak6763,893/
Tag6734,425/
Tas6716,668/
Taz676,545/
Tox675,454/
Tex673,747/
Taç672,568/
Tac671,911/
Theaux67409/
Taq67401/
Taxová6765/
Töx6761/
Taš6723/
Theanx6718/
Tač6715/
Taxova677/
Tać672/
Têx671/

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