Taggart is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Taggart
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland, Scotland
Meaning:

The son of the priest.

A variant of Targett. One of the numerous surnames borrowed from Archery.

How popular is Taggart?

Taggart is common in United States, England, Northern Ireland, Canada, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland.

Taggart is ranked 24222 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Taggart bearers increased by 6.5 per cent in 2010 US census to 9808 since 2000, the surname slipped by 78 spots and ranked at 3622. The last name was found in around 3 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.38 88.84
Black 6.9 7.15
Hispanic or Latino 3.03 1.93
Others 1.67 1.18
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.53 0.43
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.49 0.47
Taggart is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 22346 people have been found who wears Taggart as their family name. Taggart is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Taggart:
3,445 United States13,158
Countries with thousands of Taggart:
3,142 England2,480
190 Northern Ireland1,910
3,144 Canada1,591
780 Scotland1,192
3,401 Australia1,083
Countries with hundreds of Taggart:
2,965 New Zealand267
25,671 South Africa214
2,882 Ireland137
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
237 Isle of Man62
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,534 Wales50
239,646 Thailand35
11,471 Dominican Republic31
55,801 Spain21
259,941 France13
223,026 Germany12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
436,635 Russia8
249,062 Philippines6

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Archibald Taggart from Great Britain aboard the John Robert from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 21 years old when he arrived in USA on June 1, 1846. Mary Taggart (24) Workwoman, John Taggart, aged 26, William Taggart (17) Workman, Ann Taggart, aged 18, Margt. Taggart, aged 20, 28 years old John Taggart, Catherine Taggart, aged 29, 30 years old Jas. Taggart, and 53 other Taggart around 56.76% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant migrated to US from Liverpool, Glasgow and Belfast.

Taggart Namesakes

  • Tamara Taggart, Canadian television presenter, born on May 2, 1968
  • Charles Ross Taggart, American comedian and folklorist
  • John Taggart, American poet and critic
  • Thomas Taggart, political boss of the Democratic Party in Indiana for the first quarter of the twentieth century and remained an influential political figure
  • Joseph Taggart, lawyer and a Democrat member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Jeremy Taggart, Canadian drummer, radio host, and author
  • Samuel Taggart, Presbyterian Minister
  • Gerry Taggart, former professional footballer
  • Nathan Taggart, Scottish professional football player

Taggart Namesakes

  • Tamara Taggart, Canadian television presenter, born on May 2, 1968
  • Charles Ross Taggart, American comedian and folklorist
  • John Taggart, American poet and critic
  • Thomas Taggart, political boss of the Democratic Party in Indiana for the first quarter of the twentieth century and remained an influential political figure
  • Joseph Taggart, lawyer and a Democrat member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Jeremy Taggart, Canadian drummer, radio host, and author
  • Samuel Taggart, Presbyterian Minister
  • Gerry Taggart, former professional footballer
  • Nathan Taggart, Scottish professional football player

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