Staples Surname

16,260th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34,200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Staples 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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Staples Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21,7681:16,6512,106
England5,2541:10,6051,571
Canada2,6391:13,9622,057
Australia2,4921:10,8331,610
New Zealand5461:8,2941,412
South Africa5121:105,81612,779
Wales2461:12,5791,396
Jamaica891:32,2472,327
Philippines811:1,249,85596,172
Scotland641:83,6536,073
Guernsey441:1,465311
Ireland411:114,8525,857
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Thailand381:1,858,904228,660
Panama341:115,0664,183
Zimbabwe321:482,44540,356
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Isle of Man271:3,179679
Germany241:3,354,394150,996
Cyprus171:52,0525,162
Barbados161:17,9661,009
Austria151:567,69652,281
Spain131:3,596,31069,669
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
India81:95,883,173728,828
France81:8,302,840321,660
Jersey81:12,4002,398
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
United States Virgin Islands51:22,0752,767
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Sierra Leone41:1,772,408958
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
China31:455,773,85521,925
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Dominica11:75,891912
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Malta11:430,2723,380
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland581:76,3775,461
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,7941:8,7241,316
Wales261:60,3242,968
Guernsey221:1,484259
Scotland211:178,2486,976
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,8111:8,6421,109

Staples (55) may also be a first name.

Staples 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

Pl., and genit., of Staple, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Pillar” in Old England.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(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

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 Staplers; a location name in Hampshire Or Staple, Devon.

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

Staples: from Estaples.

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

Staples Last Name Facts

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

The last name Staples occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Staples? popularity and diffusion

Staples is the 16,260th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 213,086 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 68 percent of Staples are found; 68 percent are found in North America and 68 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Staples is also the 1,336,256th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 55 people.

The last name Staples is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 21,768 people, or 1 in 16,651. In The United States Staples is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 7 percent are found, Virginia, where 6 percent are found and Florida, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 69 countries. It is also common in England, where 15 percent are found and Canada, where 8 percent are found.

Staples Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Staples has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Staples surname rose 375 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 188 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 946 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 305 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 29 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Staples Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (72%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Staples last name are 6.63% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.4% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Staples earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 161.42% more than the national average, earning 904,718 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 220.37% more than the national average, earning R 761,328 per year; in United States they earn 3.94% less than the national average, earning $41,447 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.7% more than the national average, earning $50,030 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Steaples9357/
Stapples938/
Staplles931/
Stapless931/
Staplets930/
Stapleas930/
Staplies930/
Staple922,178/
Stapley864,132/
Stapler861,105/
Stapels86238/
Stapple8637/
Steaple8616/
Steples864/
Staplet863/
Stoples861/
Staplee861/
Stapled860/
Staplis860/
Staplie860/
Staplls860/
Steeples801,193/
Stappler80160/
Staepels80117/
Stapelle8079/
Stapells8065/
Shtapler806/
Steapley801/
Stappels800/
Stepples800/
Steapler800/
Stople77179/
Staply770/
Stappells751/
Sttapfler750/
Stopler7187/
Stopple7149/
Shtapli713/
Steiple711/
Stepels711/
Stopels710/
Stopley710/
Stoppels67365/
Stoppler67183/
Stoopler6752/
Stapella6740/
Stophlet6728/
Stopplea671/
Stoplerr671/
Stopplet670/

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