as a Last Name
- 8,497
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Taft
Meaning & Origins
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.
| 3,614th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 8,497
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Taft per capita
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