Staple Surname
Approximately 2,178 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameStaple Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 775 | 1:467,689 | 39,813 |
| Jamaica | 440 | 1:6,523 | 807 |
| England | 405 | 1:137,575 | 13,447 |
| Paraguay | 185 | 1:39,118 | 1,233 |
| Canada | 166 | 1:221,961 | 21,363 |
| Wales | 59 | 1:52,450 | 4,823 |
| Australia | 40 | 1:674,893 | 46,030 |
| South Africa | 25 | 1:2,167,108 | 94,352 |
| Panama | 10 | 1:391,226 | 8,067 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 9 | 1:151,553 | 8,353 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| Austria | 6 | 1:1,419,239 | 86,529 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 1:369,007 | 15,220 |
| British Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:6,319 | 600 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 398 | 1:61,245 | 7,142 |
| Wales | 15 | 1:104,561 | 4,503 |
| Guernsey | 2 | 1:16,328 | 1,834 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 176 | 1:285,333 | 22,901 |
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.
(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.
(English) One who came from Staple (post or pillar), in Kent; dweller at a post.
Parishes, &c. in cos. Kent, Somerset, and Sussex.
Said to be derived from Estaples, now Etaples, a small seaport of France about eleven miles from Boulogne.
From Staple, name of parishes cos. Kent and Somerset. Hence the names Stable, Stables.
Staple: a market: Barnstaple, Huxtable.
Staples is still a Nottingham name; four mayors of the town bore this name in the 17th century (D.).
Staple Demographics
Average Staple Salary in
United States
$36,702 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Staple Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Staple Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Staple (Arabic: ستبل) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Staple? popularity and diffusion
The surname Staple is the 193,184th most widespread family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 3,345,981 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Staple reside; 33 percent reside in North America and 33 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Staple is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 20 people.
The last name Staple is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 775 people, or 1 in 467,689. In The United States it is most common in: Florida, where 12 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Illinois, where 8 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name exists in 32 countries. It is also common in Jamaica, where 20 percent live and England, where 19 percent live.
Staple Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Staple has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Staple last name rose 440 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 102 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 393 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Staple Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Staple surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Staple last name are 1.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55% being registered with the political 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staples | 92 | 34,200 | / |
| Stapley | 92 | 4,132 | / |
| Stapler | 92 | 1,105 | / |
| Stapple | 92 | 37 | / |
| Steaple | 92 | 16 | / |
| Stapele | 92 | 14 | / |
| Staplet | 92 | 3 | / |
| Staplee | 92 | 1 | / |
| Stapled | 92 | 0 | / |
| Staplie | 92 | 0 | / |
| Stappler | 86 | 160 | / |
| Stapelle | 86 | 79 | / |
| Steaples | 86 | 57 | / |
| Stapples | 86 | 8 | / |
| Shtapler | 86 | 6 | / |
| Staplles | 86 | 1 | / |
| Stapless | 86 | 1 | / |
| Steapley | 86 | 1 | / |
| Steapler | 86 | 0 | / |
| Stapleas | 86 | 0 | / |
| Staplets | 86 | 0 | / |
| Stople | 83 | 179 | / |
| Steple | 83 | 2 | / |
| Staply | 83 | 0 | / |
| Sttapfler | 80 | 0 | / |
| Steeple | 77 | 298 | / |
| Stopler | 77 | 87 | / |
| Stepple | 77 | 69 | / |
| Stopple | 77 | 49 | / |
| Stöpler | 77 | 32 | / |
| Stopele | 77 | 4 | / |
| Shtapli | 77 | 3 | / |
| Stoples | 77 | 1 | / |
| Stoeple | 77 | 1 | / |
| Steiple | 77 | 1 | / |
| Stepley | 77 | 1 | / |
| Stopile | 77 | 1 | / |
| Stopley | 77 | 0 | / |
| Staplis | 77 | 0 | / |
| Stöppler | 71 | 758 | / |
| Stoppele | 71 | 195 | / |
| Stoppler | 71 | 183 | / |
| Stoopler | 71 | 52 | / |
| Stapella | 71 | 40 | / |
| Stophlet | 71 | 28 | / |
| Staphill | 71 | 1 | / |
| Stoplerr | 71 | 1 | / |
| Stopplea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Stäppler | 71 | 1 | / |
| Steepley | 71 | 0 | / |
| Stopplet | 71 | 0 | / |
| Stopla | 67 | 4 | / |
| Stoppelle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Stepli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Stoply | 67 | 0 | / |
| Stadphill | 67 | 0 | / |
Staple Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Staple in the Arabic language | ||
| ستبل | stbl | - |
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