The Taylor surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 751,209 people carried this name — #17 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 393 people counted. That is up 4% from 720,370 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Taylor surname
An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation; variant form Tailor.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Taylor» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 151 births for the Taylor name in 1890.
They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 6,700 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. One of them was indexed under another spelling of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Antrim, Down, Londonderry, and Dublin.”
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,517 people named Taylor live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 479 people named Taylor.
Most of them — 331 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
478 people named Taylor live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
200 people named Taylor have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 578 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 129 people named Taylor live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
1,158 people named Taylor are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Taylor in American newspapers,
1848–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,391,201 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Taylor,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Taylor 1703–1772 · physician -
William Taylor 1765–1836 · writer -
John Taylor 1770–1832 · lawyer -
Waller Taylor 1775–1826 · lawyer -
Baron Isidore Justin Séverin Taylor 1789–1879 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 144 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Taylor.
- Tavella 491 · U.S. census
- Tavera 3,441 · U.S. census
- Taverna 674 · U.S. census
- Tavernier 932 · U.S. census
- Tavitian 239 · U.S. census
- Tay 1,736 · U.S. census
- Tayon 221 · U.S. census
- Tazi 142 · U.S. census
- Tchang 126 · U.S. census
- Tchen 144 · U.S. census
- Te 1,246 · U.S. census
- Tea 1,146 · U.S. census
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