Stapley Surname
Approximately 4,132 people bear this surname
Stapley Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Stapeley,' a township in the parish of Wybunbury, Cheshire; also a tithing in the parish of Odiham, Hampshire.
Roger de Stapelye, Sussex, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Gilbert de Stapelyge, Kent, ibid.
Read More About This SurnameStapley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,752 | 1:31,803 | 4,240 |
| United States | 1,452 | 1:249,627 | 23,746 |
| Canada | 547 | 1:67,359 | 7,768 |
| Australia | 136 | 1:198,498 | 19,506 |
| New Zealand | 56 | 1:80,863 | 11,672 |
| Wales | 54 | 1:57,306 | 5,200 |
| Scotland | 43 | 1:124,507 | 7,876 |
| Malta | 18 | 1:23,904 | 1,289 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 821 | 1:29,690 | 4,002 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:534,745 | 14,325 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:392,104 | 12,338 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 101 | 1:497,215 | 35,030 |
Stapley Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Stapeley,' a township in the parish of Wybunbury, Cheshire; also a tithing in the parish of Odiham, Hampshire.
Roger de Stapelye, Sussex, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Gilbert de Stapelyge, Kent, ibid.
1604. John Stapley, Sussex: Register of the University of Oxford.
1799. Married — Richard Stapley and Jane Maitland: St. George, Hanover Square.
(English) belonging to Stap(e)ley; or Dweller at the Staple-Lea [v. under Stapleton, and + Old English leáh, meadow] Ada de Stappeleg [referred to in conn, with Stapleg].—Charter-Rolls, A.D. 1200-1.
Roger de Stapelye.—Hund. Rolls, A.D. 1274.
Stapley is a township in Cheshire, where an ancient family of this name resided at an early period. The Stapleys of Sussex, extinct baronets, claimed descent from them, but it is more probable that they were indigenous to the southern county, where, in the neighbourhood of Battel (and near the hundred of Staple) a family of Staplehithe are found in the XIV. and XV. centuries.
A location name in Devon.
Stapley Demographics
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Stapley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Stapley Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Stapley is found in England more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Stapley? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 112,187th most numerous last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,763,685 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Stapley live; 48 percent live in North America and 48 percent live in Anglo-North America.
This last name is most widespread in England, where it is held by 1,752 people, or 1 in 31,803. In England Stapley is most frequent in: Kent, where 20 percent live, Greater London, where 12 percent live and East Sussex, where 10 percent live. Not including England this last name occurs in 37 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 35 percent live and Canada, where 13 percent live.
Stapley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Stapley has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Stapley surname increased 213 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 1,438 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it increased 1,350 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 614 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 33 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Stapley Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Stapley are 32.15% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 78.92% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Stapley earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 23.57% more than the national average, earning 427,661 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 22.45% more than the national average, earning R 290,976 per year; in United States they earn 3.59% more than the national average, earning $44,700 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.19% less than the national average, earning $48,097 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steapley | 93 | 1 | / |
| Staple | 92 | 2,178 | / |
| Staply | 92 | 0 | / |
| Staples | 86 | 34,200 | / |
| Stapler | 86 | 1,105 | / |
| Stapple | 86 | 37 | / |
| Steaple | 86 | 16 | / |
| Staplet | 86 | 3 | / |
| Staplee | 86 | 1 | / |
| Stepley | 86 | 1 | / |
| Staplie | 86 | 0 | / |
| Stopley | 86 | 0 | / |
| Stapled | 86 | 0 | / |
| Stappler | 80 | 160 | / |
| Stapelle | 80 | 79 | / |
| Steaples | 80 | 57 | / |
| Stapples | 80 | 8 | / |
| Shtapler | 80 | 6 | / |
| Staplles | 80 | 1 | / |
| Stapless | 80 | 1 | / |
| Stapleas | 80 | 0 | / |
| Steepley | 80 | 0 | / |
| Steapler | 80 | 0 | / |
| Staplets | 80 | 0 | / |
| Stople | 77 | 179 | / |
| Steple | 77 | 2 | / |
| Stoply | 77 | 0 | / |
| Sttapfler | 75 | 0 | / |
| Steeple | 71 | 298 | / |
| Stopler | 71 | 87 | / |
| Stepple | 71 | 69 | / |
| Stopple | 71 | 49 | / |
| Stöpler | 71 | 32 | / |
| Shtapli | 71 | 3 | / |
| Stoples | 71 | 1 | / |
| Staplas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Stoeple | 71 | 1 | / |
| Steiple | 71 | 1 | / |
| Staplis | 71 | 0 | / |
| Stophly | 71 | 0 | / |
| Stöppler | 67 | 758 | / |
| Stoppler | 67 | 183 | / |
| Stoopler | 67 | 52 | / |
| Stapella | 67 | 40 | / |
| Stophlet | 67 | 28 | / |
| Stäppler | 67 | 1 | / |
| Stopplea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Stoplerr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Stopplet | 67 | 0 | / |
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