Stapley Surname

112,187th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,132 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Malta

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.

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Stapley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,7521:31,8034,240
United States1,4521:249,62723,746
Canada5471:67,3597,768
Australia1361:198,49819,506
New Zealand561:80,86311,672
Wales541:57,3065,200
Scotland431:124,5077,876
Malta181:23,9041,289
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Norway81:642,78647,258
Northern Ireland71:263,57711,625
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
China21:683,660,78330,601
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Macau11:601,6301,582
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
France11:66,422,722504,397
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8211:29,6904,002
Scotland71:534,74514,325
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1011:497,21535,030

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.

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

(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.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

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.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Devon.

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

Stapley Last Name Facts

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

Stapley is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Stapley.

How Common Is The Last Name Stapley? popularity and diffusion

The last name Stapley is the 112,187th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,763,685 people. The surname Stapley 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.

Stapley is most frequently occurring in England, where it is borne by 1,752 people, or 1 in 31,803. In England Stapley is primarily found in: Kent, where 20 percent reside, Greater London, where 12 percent reside and East Sussex, where 10 percent reside. Not including England it exists in 37 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 35 percent reside and Canada, where 13 percent reside.

Stapley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency 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 decreased 33 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Stapley Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Stapley surname are 32.15% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 78.92% registered with the 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Steapley931/
Staple922,178/
Staply920/
Staples8634,200/
Stapler861,105/
Stapple8637/
Steaple8616/
Staplet863/
Staplee861/
Stepley861/
Staplie860/
Stopley860/
Stapled860/
Stappler80160/
Stapelle8079/
Steaples8057/
Stapples808/
Shtapler806/
Staplles801/
Stapless801/
Stapleas800/
Steepley800/
Steapler800/
Staplets800/
Stople77179/
Steple772/
Stoply770/
Sttapfler750/
Steeple71298/
Stopler7187/
Stepple7169/
Stopple7149/
Stöpler7132/
Shtapli713/
Stoples711/
Staplas711/
Stoeple711/
Steiple711/
Staplis710/
Stophly710/
Stöppler67758/
Stoppler67183/
Stoopler6752/
Stapella6740/
Stophlet6728/
Stäppler671/
Stopplea671/
Stoplerr671/
Stopplet670/

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