Tailor Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Tailor Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Tailor family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 171
Agricultural Labourer 41
Labourer 35
Servant 17
General Servant 15
Domestic Servant 13
Laundress 12
Farm Servant 10
House Keeper 10
Nurse 9
Tailor 8
Cotton Weaver 8
Coal Miner 8
Dress Maker 6
Ag Labourer 6
Joiner 5
Farm Servant Indoor 5
Hawker 5
Miner 5
Labouring Class 5
Straw Plaiter 4
Housemaid 4
Blacksmith 4
Labourer Wife 3
Cook Domestic Servant 3

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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