Last Name MAPLES

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: At the maples, from residence beside the maple trees. Evidently some spot in West Riding Yorks. Mapplewell, a village near Barnsley. The modern Yorkshire form seems to be Marples.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 3,134 (2000 US census) 2,811 (1990 US census)
Count 10,559 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 91.22%, or 9632 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 5.47%, or 578 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.21%, or 22 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.63%, or 67 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.48%, or 156 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 0.99%, or 105 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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