How Many People Have the Last Name Taylor?
people had the surname Taylor in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 393 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+30,839 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Taylor (65.4%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 28.4%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Taylor ranks #10. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 67.8% to 65.4%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Taylor grew from 720,370 people in 2000 to 751,209 in 2010 (up 4.3%), and its rank fell from #13 to #17. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 267.04 to 254.67 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 720,370 | 751,209 |
| Rank | #13 | #17 |
| Per 100,000 people | 267.04 | 254.67 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Taylor
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Taylor: T460
👤 Taylor as a First Name
Taylor is a first name too: about 431,117 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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