Taaffe is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Taaffe
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Taaffe

How popular is Taaffe?

Taaffe is common in Ireland.

Taaffe is ranked 119676 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Taaffe bearers increased by 3.940887 per cent in 2010 US census to 633 since 2000, the surname slipped by 484 spots and ranked at 35537. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.94 93.43
Hispanic or Latino 4.42 2.46
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.26 0
Others 0.95 1.81
Taaffe is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Ireland which may be its originating country too. Around 3357 people have been found who wears Taaffe as their family name. Taaffe is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
65,594 Belgium2
31,767 Greece2
139,444 Brazil2
107,212 South Africa1
897,276 Russia1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
38,841 Scotland1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
2,190 Barbados1
56,169 Mexico1
118,015 Netherlands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
3,642 Northern Ireland48
94,038 Spain11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,621 New Zealand95
4,622 Wales79
Countries with hundreds of Taaffe:
32,108 United States910
11,426 England543
8,934 Australia316
71,225 Germany134
27,126 Canada126
Countries with thousands of Taaffe:
694 Ireland1,032
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 40 years old workman Pat Taaffe who was residing in Great Britain migrated to New-York on March 7, 1849 by Arrick put out from Liverpool. Thomas Taaffe, aged 25, 30 years old Alley Taaffe, 25 years old Jane Taaffe, 24 years old Henry-Edmd. Taaffe, Sarah-Louisa Taaffe (20), Marmaduke Taaffe, aged 1 year old, Henry-Edmd. Taaffe, aged Born at sea, 37 years old Michael Taaffe, Ann Taaffe (29) Carpenter, Mary Taaffe, aged 5 months old, and 2 other Taaffe around 42.86% of whom were workman while others worked as carpenter and mechanic migrated to US from Liverpool, Sligo, Glasgow and Galway.

Taaffe Namesakes

  • Charlie Taaffe, Football coach
  • Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Composer
  • Charlie Taaffe, Football coach
  • Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe, Statesman
  • Philip Taaffe, Artist
  • Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe, Statesman
  • Philip Taaffe, Artist
  • Peter Taaffe, Journalist
  • Charlie Taaffe, Football coach
  • Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Composer

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