Staple

See also: staple

English

Etymology

From Middle English stapel (“staple”).

Proper noun

Staple (countable and uncountable, plural Staples)

1. A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2756).
2. A habitational surname from Middle English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Staple is the 35945^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 624 individuals. Staple is most common among White (50.32%) and Black/African American (43.11%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Staple”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Patels, leptas, palest, palets, pastel, peltas, petals, plates, pleats, septal, tepals