Taft is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Taft
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Taft

How popular is Taft?

Taft is common in United States.

Taft is ranked 36372 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Taft bearers increased by 5.344045 per cent in 2010 US census to 9048 since 2000, the surname slipped by 146 spots and ranked at 3933. The last name was found in around 31 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.32 86.34
Black 10.34 9.92
Hispanic or Latino 2.5 1.53
Others 1.66 1.3
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7 0.58
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.49 0.33
Taft is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Jersey is ahead in terms of density. Around 13591 people have been found who wears Taft as their family name. Taft is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
78,633 Czech Republic9
16,861 Iran4
1,520 Marshall Islands4
9,097 Wales3
46,068 Philippines3
40,256 Mexico2
37,372 Georgia2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
4,164 Vietnam2
91,784 Netherlands2
34,681 Norway2
631 Swaziland2
9,185 Hong Kong2
28,083 Romania2
124,220 Italy2
34,572 Israel2
40,340 Malaysia1
7,191 Afghanistan1
1,486 Northern Mariana Islands1
29,046 Japan1
30,360 Thailand1
810,193 Indonesia1
165,773 Belarus1
37,493 Austria1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
11,923 Slovenia1
7,895 South Korea1
17,768 Pakistan1
81,201 Switzerland1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
169,904 Brazil1
91,024 Belgium1
15,162 Costa Rica1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
192,584 Russia48
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
42,407 Sweden22
1,163 Jersey17
14,048 Ireland16
220,909 Ukraine12
94,038 Spain11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,942 New Zealand78
117,149 France73
8,843 Scotland53
Countries with hundreds of Taft:
14,400 Canada261
22,865 South Africa256
14,902 Australia180
59,024 Germany168
2,061 Panama163
44,861 Argentina105
Countries with thousands of Taft:
6,480 England1,081
Countries with ten thousands of Taft:
3,652 United States10,954
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Henry Taft worked as immigrant and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 30 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Centurion and arrived on July 3, 1849. Farmer William Taft, Margt.E. Taft, aged 25, 2 years old Charlotte Taft, George Taft (Born at sea) Infant, Immigrant Margt. Taft, Jno. Taft, aged 23, 20 years old Sarah Taft, Thomas Taft, aged 10 months old, Workman John Taft, are others that migrated to US.

Taft Namesakes

  • William Howard Taft, 27th U.S. President
  • Alphonso Taft, Attorney
  • Robert A. Taft, Former United States Senator
  • Bob Taft, Politician
  • Robert Taft, Jr., Former member of the U.S. Senate
  • Ammar Tafti, Actor
  • Kingsley A. Taft, Former United States Senator
  • Russell S. Taft, Politician
  • Babak Tafti, Actor
  • Julia Taft Bayne, Author

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