The STAPLES surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	16,572	2007	0.006	61
United States (1880 census)	5,808	1055	0.012	116
Change since 1880	+10764	-952	-0.006	-55
Other Countries
Australia	958	1723	0.006	59
United Kingdom	3,879	1603	0.008	84

Top States for STAPLES by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Maine	1,028	197	0.081	806
Virginia	1,009	900	0.014	143
Texas	912	2582	0.004	44
California	880	3493	0.003	26
Florida	840	2501	0.005	53
Top States for STAPLES by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Maine	1,028	197	0.081	806
New Hampshire	234	840	0.019	189
Vermont	112	960	0.018	184
Kentucky	639	943	0.016	158
Virginia	1,009	900	0.014	143

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called STAPLES live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called STAPLES represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called STAPLES in Maine than any other state, but you are more likely to find a STAPLES by picking someone at random in Maine than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of STAPLES

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the STAPLES surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the STAPLES surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of STAPLES in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Mixed Race	310	1.87
Native American/Alaskan	249	1.5
White (Hispanic)	220	1.33
Asian/Pacific	81	0.49
White (Caucasian)	12,182	73.51
Black/African American	3,528	21.29

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the STAPLES surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to STAPLES

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as STAPLES.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.