How common is the surname Stapley?

1,038 people in the United States had the surname Stapley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 297,443 Americans. It ranked 24,201st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Stapley?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Stapley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Stapley?

Richard Stapley, British actor and writer (1923-2010).

Where is the surname Stapley most common?

Wikidata records people named Stapley in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Stapley getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,070 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,038 in 2010, down 3.0%.

The surname Stapley

A surname, carried by 1,038 people in the United States.

2 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). Stapley is more common than 85.1% of them.

Origin

Variant of Stapeley.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,038 people named Stapley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 297,443 Americans. That is down 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,070.

#24,201

rank among US surnames

1,038

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-3%

change since 2000 (was #22,443)

Who is named Stapley

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

96% of people named Stapley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stapleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Stapley
British actor and writer (1923-2010)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stapley

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

Questions

Where does the surname Stapley come from?: Variant of Stapeley.
How common is the surname Stapley?: 1,038 people in the United States had the surname Stapley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 297,443 Americans. It ranked 24,201st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stapley?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Stapley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Stapley?: Richard Stapley, British actor and writer (1923-2010).
Where is the surname Stapley most common?: Wikidata records people named Stapley in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Stapley getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,070 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,038 in 2010, down 3.0%.