Tax History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Tax

The German surname Tax is derived from the Old German word "dachs" or "dahs," meaning "badger." The name was probably given as a nickname to someone who resembled a badger in some way, perhaps with a streak of white in dark hair or with nocturnal habits. Tax was likely passed down as a surname to the descendants of a bearer of the nickname, perhaps as early as the twelfth century, when Germany first began to pass down hereditary surnames.

Early Origins of the Tax family

Early History of the Tax family

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Tax Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Dach, Dachs, Das, Taks, Tax, Dache, Dax, Dacks and many more.

Early Notables of the Tax family

Gabriel Dachs (b. 1570), a painter; Simon Dach (1605-1659), a Prussian German lyrical poet and writer of hymns; Nicolas Dachs (1640-1705), a preacher; and Richard Dachs (1848-1871), a military officer. Wolfgang Dachstein was a Roman Catholic priest at Strassburg, adopted...
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Migration of the Tax family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Johann Dach, who settled in Philadelphia in 1753; Xaver Dachs, who sailed from Bremen to New York in 1852; Christian Das, who was naturalized in Fairfield County, Ohio in 1863.