Taylor is an English surname, originally an occupational surname meaning "tailor". ^[1] Taylor has also been commonly used as a given name in English-speaking countries. Like most such surnames turned into given names, it was originally used for males, but since the late 1970s is has also been commonly used as a female given name. ^[2]

According to the UK National Trust surname profiler Ref, It is the 5th most common surname in Great Britain. There were 236,123 Taylors in Britain in 1998 ref, a rate of 6,339 per Million. Australia had a rate of 5,197 Taylors per million inhabitants, New Zealand 6,207, Canada 4,180 and USA 4652. This name is however rare in Ireland with a rate of only 77.16 per million.

Similar names occur in other countries for example Schneider in Germany and Portnov in Russia. Schneider (German for tailor; literally someone who cuts, from the verb schneiden to cut) is a very common family name in Germany[1]. Notable people by this name include: Alexander Schneider, classical musician Bernd Schneider (football), German footballer Bernd Schneider (racecar driver), German racing driver Bert Schneider, American film producer...

Taylor may refer to:

Places

Australia

• Electoral district of Taylor, a state electoral district in South Australia.
• Taylor, Australian Capital Territory a planned suburb in the Canberra district of Gungahlin

Taylor is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. ... Taylor is a designated suburb in Gungahlin, Canberra. ...

United States

• Taylor, Alabama
• Taylor, Arizona
• Taylor, Arkansas
• Taylor, Indiana
• Taylor, Michigan
• Taylor, Mississippi
• Taylor, Nebraska
• Taylor, New York
• Taylor, Pennsylvania
• Taylor, Texas
• Taylor, Wisconsin
• Taylor, Wyoming
• Taylor County (disambiguation page)
• There are also Taylors, South Carolina, Taylorville, Illinois, Taylorsville, North Carolina, and Tyler, Texas.

Taylor is a town located in Houston County, Alabama. ... Taylor is a town located in Navajo County, Arizona. ... Taylor is a city located in Columbia County, Arkansas. ... Taylor is a small town in Union Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. ... Taylor is a city located in Wayne County, Michigan. ... Taylor is a village located in Lafayette County, Mississippi. ... Taylor is a village located in Loup County, Nebraska. ... Taylor is a town located in Cortland County, New York. ... Taylor is a borough located in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. ... Taylor is a city located in Williamson County, Texas. ... Taylor is a village located in Jackson County, Wisconsin. ... Taylor is a census-designated place located in Lincoln County, Wyoming. ... Taylor County is the name of several counties in the United States: Taylor County, Florida Taylor County, Georgia Taylor County, Iowa Taylor County, Kentucky Taylor County, Texas Taylor County, West Virginia Taylor County, Wisconsin This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise... Taylors is a census-designated place located in Greenville County, South Carolina. ... Taylorville is a city in Christian County, Illinois, United States. ... Taylorsville is a town in Alexander County, North Carolina, United States. ... Tyler is the county seat of Smith County in East Texas, United States. ...

Canada

• Taylor, British Columbia

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People

• List of people by name: Taylor for people with the surname Taylor
• All pages beginning with Taylor, for people with the given name Taylor
• Taylor means to be greeted by joy or harmony.

The following people have a surname of Taylor; Casper R. Taylor, Jr. ...

Music

Taylor Hicks winner of American Idol Season 5

Other

• Taylor series, in mathematics, a way to represent any function in power series
• Taylor rule, in economics, a proposed policy stipulating how interest rate should be changed
• Taylor KO Factor, a measure of the stopping power of rifle bullets
• AMD Taylor, an alternate name for the Turion 64 X2 computer processor
• Lord and Taylor, an upscale American department store
• Taylor Guitars
• Taylor University
• Taylor Corporation, printing company

Series expansion redirects here. ... The Taylor rule is a modern monetary rule proposed by economist John B. Taylor that would stipulate exactly how much the Federal Reserve should change the interest rates in response to real divergences of real GDP from potential GDP and divergences of actual rates of inflation from a target rate... Taylor KO Factor is a commonly used mathematical approach for evaluating the stopping power of hunting cartridges. ... Turion 64 X2 Logo Turion 64 X2 is AMDs 64-bit dual-core mobile processor, intended to compete with Intels Core and upcoming Core 2 processors. ... May Department Stores was founded in 1877 by David May in Leadville, Colorado. ... The Taylor logo. ... Taylor University is a private, interdenominational Christian university with campuses located in Upland, Indiana and Fort Wayne, Indiana. ... Taylor Corparation is a holding company located in North Mankato, Minnesota, which owns wedding invitation printer Carlson Craft and a number of other businesses. ...

References

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