Staple Surname

193,184th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
British Virgin Islands

Staple Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the staple,' a staple (Old French estaple), a mart, a general centre of merchandise. Originally the place was the staple, not the commodity. Stapler is the occupative form, and Staples the genitive form; compare Styles, Brooks, Holmes, &c.

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Staple Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7751:467,68939,813
Jamaica4401:6,523807
England4051:137,57513,447
Paraguay1851:39,1181,233
Canada1661:221,96121,363
Wales591:52,4504,823
Australia401:674,89346,030
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
Panama101:391,2268,067
Trinidad and Tobago91:151,5538,353
Israel91:950,84857,975
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Austria61:1,419,23986,529
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
British Virgin Islands51:6,319600
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
France31:22,140,907385,998
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3981:61,2457,142
Wales151:104,5614,503
Guernsey21:16,3281,834
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1761:285,33322,901

Staple (20) may also be a first name.

Staple Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the staple,' a staple (Old French estaple), a mart, a general centre of merchandise. Originally the place was the staple, not the commodity. Stapler is the occupative form, and Staples the genitive form; compare Styles, Brooks, Holmes, &c.

Robert de Stapel, Kent, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

The above entry no doubt refers to Staple-next-Wingham, a parish in Kent.

Robert atte-Staple, Close Rolls, 5 Edward I.

Robertas Staple, jeurcer, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Willelmus Staple, 1379: ibid.

1623. Thomas Winson and Joan Stapler: Marriage Lic. (London).

1666. Married — Jacob Staple and Susan Goodman: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English and Anglo-French-Teut.) belonging to Staple; or Dweller at a Pillar or Post, hence a Market or Fair-Place [Old English stapol, a pillar, post, etc.; also Old French estaple, a fair, market, borr. from Low German stapel'. cp. Dutch stapelhuis, staple-house, staple; stapelmarkt, staple-market; stapel- plaats, staple-town, emporium: (High) Ger. stapel, a post, staple, pile, market, is borr. from Low German; the cognate High Ger. staffel (O.H.Ger. staffal) meaning a step, etc.] Robert atte Staple.—Close Rolls, A.D. 1277.

The French place-name Etaples (Pas- de-Calais) is pron. locally exactly like French étape (a storehouse), the mod. form of Old French estaple.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Staple (post or pillar), in Kent; dweller at a post.

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

Parishes, &c. in cos. Kent, Somerset, and Sussex.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Said to be derived from Estaples, now Etaples, a small seaport of France about eleven miles from Boulogne.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Staple, name of parishes cos. Kent and Somerset. Hence the names Stable, Stables.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Staple: a market: Barnstaple, Huxtable.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Staples is still a Nottingham name; four mayors of the town bore this name in the 17th century (D.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Staple Last Name Facts

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

The surname Staple (Arabic: ستبل) is most common in The United States. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Staple? popularity and diffusion

The surname Staple is the 193,184th most frequently held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 3,345,981 people. Staple is primarily found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Staple live; 33 percent live in North America and 33 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 20 people.

The surname Staple is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 775 people, or 1 in 467,689. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Florida, where 12 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Illinois, where 8 percent are found. Other than The United States Staple occurs in 32 countries. It also occurs in Jamaica, where 20 percent are found and England, where 19 percent are found.

Staple Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Staple has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Staple surname grew 440 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 102 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 393 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Staple Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Staple are 1.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 55% registered with the party.

The amount Staple earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 125.37% more than the national average, earning R 535,572 per year; in United States they earn 14.94% less than the national average, earning $36,702 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.48% more than the national average, earning $53,397 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Staples9234,200/
Stapley924,132/
Stapler921,105/
Stapple9237/
Steaple9216/
Stapele9214/
Staplet923/
Staplee921/
Stapled920/
Staplie920/
Stappler86160/
Stapelle8679/
Steaples8657/
Stapples868/
Shtapler866/
Staplles861/
Stapless861/
Steapley861/
Steapler860/
Stapleas860/
Staplets860/
Stople83179/
Steple832/
Staply830/
Sttapfler800/
Steeple77298/
Stopler7787/
Stepple7769/
Stopple7749/
Stöpler7732/
Stopele774/
Shtapli773/
Stoples771/
Stoeple771/
Steiple771/
Stepley771/
Stopile771/
Stopley770/
Staplis770/
Stöppler71758/
Stoppele71195/
Stoppler71183/
Stoopler7152/
Stapella7140/
Stophlet7128/
Staphill711/
Stoplerr711/
Stopplea711/
Stäppler711/
Steepley710/
Stopplet710/
Stopla674/
Stoppelle671/
Stepli671/
Stoply670/
Stadphill670/

Staple Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Staple in the Arabic language
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