Last Name TAYLOR

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Meaning	The taylor, a cutter-out of cloth, a maker of clothes ('tailor,' 'taylor,' or 'tailleur,' a cutter). A name of trade. We find this name modified to 'Tayleure,' the orthography having been changed by the bearers to hide what they thought the lowness of its origin. So Smith is changed to 'Smyth,' Turner to 'Turnour,' etc. - as Camden says, "Mollified ridiculously lest their bearers should seem villified by them." A Mr. Taylor, who, from this false pride, had changed his name to 'Tayleure,' once haughtily demanding of a farmer the name of his dog, the man replied, "Why, sir, his proper name is Jowler, but since he's a consequential kind of puppy, we calls him Jouleure!"

Origin	English, Jewish, French, Native American, Chilean, Irish, Falkland, Maori, Maltese, Creole, Belgian, Zimbabwean, South african, Hungarian, Guam, Liberian

Rank	13 (2000 US census)	10 (1990 US census)

Count	720,370 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

67.8%, or 488411 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
27.67%, or 199326 total occurrences, as black,
0.39%, or 2809 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.75%, or 5403 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.78%, or 12823 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.61%, or 11598 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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