Tailor Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Buckinghamshire 3
Brecknockshire 4
Cambridgeshire 11
Cardiganshire 2
Channel Islands 12
Cheshire 26
Cornwall 48
Cumberland 14
Derbyshire 17
Devon 57
Dorset 30
Durham 14
Essex 43
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 6
Gloucestershire 69
Hampshire 51
Herefordshire 18
Hertfordshire 25
Hunts and Rutland 3
Isle of Man 23
Kent 27
Lancashire 160
Leicestershire 34
Lincolnshire 33
London 195
Middlesex 2
Monmouthshire 11
Northumberland 12
Norfolk 30
Northamptonshire 27
Nottinghamshire 26
Oxfordshire 7
Pembrokeshire 5
Radnorshire 7
Shropshire 51
Suffolk 33
Somerset 96
Surrey 11
Sussex 43
Staffordshire 47
Warwickshire 35
Wiltshire 54
Worcestershire 26
Yorkshire 94
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Westmorland 0

Tailor Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Tailor family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 109
Female Servant 75
Independent 47
Labourer 44
Male Servant 40
Farmer 20
Shoe Maker 17
Tailor 12
Ag Labourer 9
Dress Maker 8
Gardener 7
Carpenter 6
Coal Miner 6
Blacksmith 5
Stone Mason 5
Pauper 5
Servant 5
Nail Maker 5
Miner 4
Copper Miner 4
Independant 4
Joiner 4
Lab 4
Straw Plate Maker 3
Tailor Journeyman 3

Most Frequent Forenames for Tailor

Name Census Frequency
Mary Tailor 616
William Tailor 613
John Tailor 579
Elizabeth Tailor 431
Thomas Tailor 339
Sarah Tailor 334
George Tailor 303
James Tailor 283
Ann Tailor 241
Jane Tailor 224
Henry Tailor 200
Joseph Tailor 178
Charles Tailor 144
Eliza Tailor 139
Robert Tailor 125
Emma Tailor 122
Hannah Tailor 113
Alice Tailor 100
Ellen Tailor 95
Margaret Tailor 87
Edward Tailor 86
Samuel Tailor 86
Richard Tailor 85
Annie Tailor 71
Martha Tailor 71

Tailor Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Taylor 83% 1,296,984
2 Tayler 67% 24,371
3 Tailor 100% 8,315
4 Tiler 67% 529
5 Taller 67% 439
6 Taylar 67% 409
7 Talor 83% 402
8 Tailer 83% 296
9 Toler 50% 253
10 Taylour 71% 198
11 Teylor 67% 136
12 Atler 50% 127
13 Otler 33% 111
14 Tooler 50% 103

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The surname Tailor is the 3rd most popular variant of Taylor.

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