Maples Surname
Approximately 14,877 people bear this surname
Maples Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the maples,' from residence beside the mapletrees. Evidently some spot in West Riding of Yorks; compare Mapplewell, a village near Barnsley. The modern Yorkshire form seems to be Marples.
Read More About This SurnameMaples Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14,098 | 1:25,710 | 3,235 |
| England | 272 | 1:204,846 | 17,761 |
| Australia | 200 | 1:134,979 | 14,603 |
| Ireland | 89 | 1:52,909 | 3,746 |
| Nigeria | 77 | 1:2,300,555 | 77,632 |
| New Zealand | 35 | 1:129,381 | 15,740 |
| Canada | 22 | 1:1,674,800 | 111,190 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Belize | 5 | 1:71,095 | 2,977 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 6 | 1:738,311 | 21,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 315 | 1:77,382 | 8,408 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,723 | 1:29,146 | 3,547 |
Maples (37) may also be a first name.
Maples Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the maples,' from residence beside the mapletrees. Evidently some spot in West Riding of Yorks; compare Mapplewell, a village near Barnsley. The modern Yorkshire form seems to be Marples.
Robert de Mapeles, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Willelmus de Mapples, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes de Mapples, 1379: ibid.
1617. Baptised — Thomasin, d. John Maples: St. James, Clerkenwell.
(English) Dweller at the Maple-Tree(s [Old English mapul-treó]
(English) Dweller at, or near, a maple tree, or at the sign of the maypole.
An old Norman feminine name. Ma belle, "my pretty one," is corrupted in the Channel Islands to Maple and Maples.
Maples Demographics
Maples Political Affiliation
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Maples Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maples Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maples (Arabic: مابليس) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maples? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 35,512th most frequently used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 489,853 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Maples are found; 89 percent are found in North America and 89 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 37 people.
The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 14,098 people, or 1 in 25,710. In The United States it is primarily found in: Tennessee, where 16 percent reside, Texas, where 13 percent reside and Missouri, where 9 percent reside. Outside of The United States this last name exists in 31 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.
Maples Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Maples has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Maples last name rose 818 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 14 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 1,483 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Maples Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Maples surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Maples surname are 20.15% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.92% registered with the political party.
The amount Maples earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 4.49% less than the national average, earning $41,212 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.74% more than the national average, earning $58,498 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maplese | 92 | 5 | / |
| Maplees | 92 | 4 | / |
| Mapless | 92 | 2 | / |
| Mapples | 92 | 2 | / |
| Mayples | 92 | 0 | / |
| Maple | 91 | 8,523 | / |
| Mappless | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mapley | 83 | 613 | / |
| Mapleh | 83 | 141 | / |
| Mapple | 83 | 26 | / |
| Maiple | 83 | 16 | / |
| Maplet | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mapels | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mayple | 83 | 2 | / |
| Moples | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mapler | 83 | 1 | / |
| Meples | 83 | 1 | / |
| Maphle | 83 | 1 | / |
| Masple | 83 | 1 | / |
| Maplee | 83 | 0 | / |
| Mapils | 83 | 0 | / |
| Maipele | 77 | 378 | / |
| Mappley | 77 | 98 | / |
| Mapelle | 77 | 51 | / |
| Meaplet | 77 | 9 | / |
| Maupley | 77 | 2 | / |
| Meapleu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mepples | 77 | 1 | / |
| Meuples | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mapille | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mauplie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mopless | 77 | 0 | / |
| Mapla | 73 | 26 | / |
| Mapli | 73 | 21 | / |
| Maply | 73 | 7 | / |
| Mople | 73 | 1 | / |
| Maupille | 71 | 13 | / |
| Mahapleh | 71 | 9 | / |
| Mappille | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mapellis | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mapeelle | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mapielle | 71 | 2 | / |
| Maipelle | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mappelle | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mapelleh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mahaplea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mopils | 67 | 99 | / |
| Mapply | 67 | 72 | / |
| Maplay | 67 | 52 | / |
| Maplai | 67 | 44 | / |
| Mopley | 67 | 24 | / |
| Mauply | 67 | 11 | / |
| Maipli | 67 | 10 | / |
| Madpli | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mappiller | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mahapille | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mopple | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maplli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moplis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maspeller | 67 | 1 | / |
| Matpli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mouple | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moplie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mopels | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maplgi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maplio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maploy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maipla | 67 | 1 | / |
Maples Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maples in the Arabic language | ||
| مابليس | mablys | - |
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Maples Reference & Research
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