<P> Taylor is a surname used in the British Isles of French and Latin origin which originated as a Norman occupational surname ( meaning tailor ) in France It is derived from the Old French tailleur ( `` cutter '' ) , which is in turn derived from the Late Latin taliator , from taliare ( `` to cut '' ) . The first historical evidence of the surname dates to the County of Somerset , South West England in 1182 . `` Taylor '' is the fifth-most common surname in England , the 11th-most common in Scotland and the 22nd-most common in Wales . It is also common in other English speaking countries ( especially Australia , Canada , New Zealand , and the United States , where it was the tenth most frequently encountered surname in the 2000 US Census ) , but has a low incidence in Ireland , where it is mostly concentrated in the North . It is often the anglicized form of the German surname Schneider . </P>
where did the last name taylor originate from
a Norman occupational surname ( meaning tailor ) in France