How common is the surname Stapleton?

18,332 people in the United States had the surname Stapleton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,842 Americans. It ranked 1,973rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Stapleton?

Maureen Stapleton, American actress (1925-2006), followed by Jean Stapleton.

Where is the surname Stapleton most common?

Wikidata records people named Stapleton in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Stapleton getting more or less common?

More common. 17,529 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,332 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Stapleton

An English place surname, carried by 18,332 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S314

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stapleton is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English stapol (“post, pillar”) + tūn (“enclsoure; settlement, town”).

Stapleton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 18,332 people named Stapleton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,842 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,529.

#1,973

rank among US surnames

18,332

people in 2010

6.2

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,880)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,964	Cope	18,410	16,771
#1,965	Triplett	18,408	16,772
#1,966	Hathaway	18,401	16,779
#1,967	Salcedo	18,387	16,792
#1,968	Presley	18,384	16,794
#1,969	Ernst	18,361	16,815
#1,970	Haywood	18,360	16,816

Who is named Stapleton

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

85% of people named Stapleton identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stapletons

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Maureen Stapleton
American actress (1925-2006)
Jean Stapleton
American actress (1923–2013)
Chris Stapleton
American country musician, born 1978
Sullivan Stapleton
Australian actor (born 1977)
Tim Stapleton
American ice hockey player, born 1982
Jacinta Stapleton
Australian actress, born 1979

Notable Stapletons come mostly from the United States (4) and Australia (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Stapledon

Surnames that sound like Stapleton

Stapleton has the Soundex code S314, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S314.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Stapleton come from?: From Old English stapol (“post, pillar”) + tūn (“enclsoure; settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Stapleton?: 18,332 people in the United States had the surname Stapleton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,842 Americans. It ranked 1,973rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stapleton?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Stapleton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Stapleton?: Maureen Stapleton, American actress (1925-2006), followed by Jean Stapleton.
Where is the surname Stapleton most common?: Wikidata records people named Stapleton in the United States and Australia.
What type of surname is Stapleton?: Stapleton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Stapleton getting more or less common?: More common. 17,529 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,332 in 2010, up 4.6%.
What are other spellings of Stapleton?: Stapledon.