Maple Surname

59,231st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,523 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Maple Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at the Maple-Tree(s [Old English mapul-treó]

Maple Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,1791:58,6606,952
England9111:61,1617,215
Australia3631:74,3688,731
India2231:3,439,75598,400
Canada1451:254,10824,080
Ivory Coast1311:176,1167,859
South Africa941:576,35944,560
China861:15,899,088929
Papua New Guinea821:99,43613,359
Philippines551:1,840,695114,828
Germany431:1,872,220105,027
New Zealand421:107,81714,061
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Wales191:162,87011,152
Mexico151:8,275,08036,578
Russia141:10,294,504334,277
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
Northern Ireland111:167,7318,683
Scotland101:535,38220,332
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
France21:33,211,361423,184
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Belize11:355,4743,977
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland101:442,98715,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4611:52,8756,364
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3221:37,9874,507

Maple (2,236) may also be a first name.

Maple Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at the Maple-Tree(s [Old English mapul-treó]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller at, or near, a maple tree, or at the sign of the maypole.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

From Mepal; a location name in Cambridgeshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Maple Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Maple Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Maple (Arabic: مابلّ, Marathi: मापले) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Maple? popularity and diffusion

The surname Maple is the 59,231st most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 855,045 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Maple are found; 72 percent are found in North America and 71 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Maple is also the 158,018th most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 2,236 people.

Maple is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 6,179 people, or 1 in 58,660. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Ohio, where 10 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Indiana, where 7 percent live. Not including The United States this surname is found in 56 countries. It also occurs in England, where 11 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.

Maple Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Maple has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Maple last name expanded 467 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 198 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 950 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 90 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Maple Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Maple last name is predominantly Anglican (78%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Maple surname are 16.95% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.72% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Maple earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 20.87% less than the national average, earning 273,843 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 8.34% less than the national average, earning R 217,812 per year; in United States they earn 5.35% less than the national average, earning $40,841 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.5% more than the national average, earning $55,892 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maples9114,877/
Mapele912,494/
Mapile912,354/
Mapley91613/
Mapleh91141/
Mapple9126/
Maiple9116/
Maplet913/
Mayple912/
Mapler911/
Maphle911/
Masple911/
Maplee910/
Maipele83378/
Mapaile83178/
Mappile83158/
Maphile83110/
Mappley8398/
Maupile8388/
Mapelle8351/
Maphele8311/
Meaplet839/
Maapile835/
Maplees834/
Maipile834/
Mapples832/
Mapless832/
Maupley832/
Mauplie831/
Mapille831/
Mappele831/
Meapleu831/
Mapuyle831/
Mayples830/
Mapla8026/
Mapli8021/
Maply807/
Meple802/
Mople801/
Mapheele77132/
Maphelle7742/
Maupille7713/
Mahapleh779/
Mappille774/
Mapielle772/
Mapeelle772/
Mahaplea771/
Mapelleh771/
Mappelle771/
Mappless771/
Maipeile771/
Maipelle771/
Maphaile771/
Mopele73940/
Mapply7372/
Mopile7358/
Maplay7352/
Maplai7344/
Mopley7324/
Mauply7311/
Maipli7310/
Madpli734/
Mapail734/
Maphil733/
Matpli731/
Moples731/
Mopple731/
Mepleh731/
Maplgi731/
Maplio731/
Maploy731/
Maipla731/
Mouple731/
Moplie731/
Mepleu731/
Moeple731/
Maplli731/
Mepley730/
Mapheelle71846/
Mappiller712/
Mahapille712/
Maspeller711/
Mmaphehle711/
Maphaille711/
Mapelli6711,006/
Mmopele67225/
Maupoil67107/
Mapella6741/
Moopele6727/
Mopelle6721/
Moupele6712/
Moppley676/
Mahphil675/
Maiphil674/
Moupley673/
Mapilli672/
Mapilla671/
Maipely671/
Maplaha671/
Maplaya671/
Mepille671/
Mepelle671/
Maipeli671/
Mophile671/
Mopless670/
Meipler670/

Maple Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Maple in the Marathi language
मापलेmapale96.6
माफलेmaphale2.04
Maple in the Arabic language
مابلّmabl-
مابّلmabl-
مايبلmaybl-
مابلmabl-

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Maple Reference & Research

Maple FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

Maples, Maple FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Maple
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