Taft

in the US

There are 7,527 people with the last name "Taft" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

NameRank
Taft 3,684
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  1. is 3,680th most common Goble
  2. is 3,681st most common Arsenault
  3. is 3,682nd most common Barnette
  4. is 3,683rd most common Noriega
  5. is 3,684th most common Taft
  6. is 3,685th most common Freeland
  7. is 3,686th most common Leighton
  8. is 3,687th most common Chao
  9. is 3,688th most common Covey

Similar Names and Nicknames

Toft, Tuft, Tift, Tofte, Tafti, Tufte, Tuftee, Tufty, Tufto, Teft

Most Common First Names for Taft

Robert, William, David, John, James, Michael, Richard, Mary, Charles, Linda



Meaning & History

English: topographic name or habitational name from a dialect variant of Old and Middle English toft ‘curtilage’, ‘site’, ‘homestead’, also applied to a low hillock where a homestead used to be. Compare Toft.

FOREBEARS Robert Taft (b. about 1640), lived in Braintree, MA, and subsequently Mendon, MA. Alphonso Taft (181091), jurist and politician born in Townshend, VT, was the father of William Howard Taft (18571930), 27th president of the U.S. and chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.


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