Stapleton Surname

13,835th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40,308 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Stapleton Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Stapleton,' a village in the parish of Darlington, near Pontefract, Yorkshire; also parishes in Cumberland, Gloucestershire, and Salop.

William de Stapelton, Oxfordshire, 1273.

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Stapleton Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States23,2981:15,5581,974
England6,2881:8,8611,284
Australia3,8811:6,9561,022
Ireland2,1471:2,193415
Canada2,0421:18,0442,557
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines5041:22435
New Zealand4141:10,9381,910
Wales2481:12,4781,383
Saint Kitts and Nevis2171:25458
South Africa1921:282,17627,721
Trinidad and Tobago1501:9,0931,288
Scotland1271:42,1563,883
United States Virgin Islands961:1,150179
Venezuela691:437,7408,753
Jamaica671:42,8352,665
Portugal661:157,8526,835
Peru441:722,36616,614
United Arab Emirates401:229,05715,464
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
France371:1,795,209158,669
Germany371:2,175,823115,720
Spain291:1,612,13947,760
Thailand241:2,943,264289,518
Barbados191:15,129942
Grenada151:7,236711
Antigua and Barbuda151:6,611774
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Malaysia141:2,106,73083,604
Northern Ireland141:131,7887,342
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Israel111:777,96750,646
India101:76,706,538639,611
Saint Lucia91:19,8651,494
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Saint Martin81:4,394114
British Virgin Islands71:4,513453
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
China61:227,886,92811,701
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Belize51:71,0952,977
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Seychelles41:23,0981,012
Vanuatu41:65,8191,151
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Panama41:978,06412,245
Guyana41:190,5559,777
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Tuvalu11:11,188103
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Anguilla11:13,436792
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1,2991:3,410623
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,9601:8,2351,255
Scotland471:79,6434,400
Guernsey81:4,082713
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,2581:15,4141,978

Stapleton (57) may also be a first name.

Stapleton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Stapleton,' a village in the parish of Darlington, near Pontefract, Yorkshire; also parishes in Cumberland, Gloucestershire, and Salop.

William de Stapelton, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Nicholas de Stapelton, Yorkshire, ibid.

Milo de Stapelton, Yorkshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Richard de Stapiltone, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Mergareta de Stapilton, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Robertus de Stapulton, 1379: ibid.

Bryan de Stapilton, 1379: ibid.

1585-6. John Stapleton and Jane Kele: Marriage Lic. (London).

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

STAPILTON: William of Stapilton, vallettus to Edward Balliof in 1349 (Rot. Scot., I, p. 728) may have been an Englishman. There are two places named Stapleton in Yorkshire, each of which gave name to a family of some prominence, but quite distinct.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) belonging to Stapleton, the Middle English Stapleton, Stapelton, Stapilton, Old English Stapoltún-the Staple-Enclosure (i.e. the enclosure—with dwelling(s—fenced in by posts) [Old English stapol, a post, pillar, etc. + tún, enclosure, etc.] The Leic. Stapleton occurs as Stapelton in a late copy of a Latin charter dated a.d. 833. The West-Riding Stapleton is Stapletone in Domesday-Book; but the North-Riding Stapleton occurs therein as Stapledun [Old English dún, a hill] Robertus de Stapleton.—Charter-Rolls, A.D. 1254-5.

Nicholas de Stapelton.—Hund. Rolls, A.D. 1274.

Bryan de Stapilton.—Yorks Poll-Tax, A.D. 1379.

Cp. Staple; but none of the various Stapletons is a market-town.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A Hiberno-Norman family, some branches of which adopted Mac an Ghaill (anglicized Gall and Gaule) as a Gaelic patronymic: they settled in Cos.

Kilkenny and Tipperary and are mainly located there now. MIF 222

— A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(English) One who came from Stapleton (homestead by a post), the name of several places in England.

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

This ancient family derived their name from the lordship of Stapleton on the river Tees, in the bishopric of Durham. They sprang from Nicholas de Stapleton, 17. King John, whose son, the warlike Sir Miles, was created Baron Stapleton in 1313. The Irish Stapletons spring from Sir John Stapleton, a scion of the Yorkshire family, who went to Ireland temp. Henry II. and received a grant of lands from King John. Courthope's Debrett.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Saxon.) From stapel, stapol, stapula, a staple, fastening, stake, and ton,—a town inclosed or fenced round with stakes.

— An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

A location name in Gloucestershire, Salop, Somerset, Wiltshire.

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

Average Male Stapleton Height

178.13 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 380 (2014)

Average Female Stapleton Height

163.16 cm

Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 56 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Stapleton Last Name Facts

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

Stapleton is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stapleton? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 13,835th most commonly held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 180,797 people. The last name Stapleton is predominantly found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Stapleton live; 56 percent live in North America and 55 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,308,380th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 57 people.

This last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 23,298 people, or 1 in 15,558. In The United States Stapleton is mostly found in: Ohio, where 8 percent live, California, where 7 percent live and Texas, where 7 percent live. Besides The United States Stapleton is found in 76 countries. It also occurs in England, where 16 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.

Stapleton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Stapleton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Stapleton surname increased 715 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 212 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 165 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it increased 4,960 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 270 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Stapleton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Stapleton last name is chiefly Catholic (99%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Stapleton last name are 13.57% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.34% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Stapleton earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 190.99% more than the national average, earning S/. 56,408 per year; in South Africa they earn 74.24% more than the national average, earning R 414,072 per year; in United States they earn 2.29% less than the national average, earning $42,159 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.91% more than the national average, earning $51,628 CAD per year.

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