Staben is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Staben
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Surname is the variant of Stapler. A staple (Dutch stapel) means a mart or emporium, and in old times a "merchant of the staple" signified a trader of importance. In course of time, however, the word stapler was monopolized by the dealer in wool, and it is now only heard in the compound "wool-stapler." Drayton, in his Polyolbion, commends Leicester:
"for her wool, whose staple doth excel,
And seems to overmatch the golden Phrygian fell."

Staben is a variation of the Stabler. One who had the care of estables, an Old French word of extensive meaning, defined by Cotgrave, as "a stable, an osterie, an ostellerie, also a sheep-house or fould." In Hundred Rolls, the word appears in the forms of Le Stabler and De Stabulo Stabularyus is found in the sense of hostler in M.S. Digby.

Lastname Staben is the form of Stable. Staple1. A personal name mentioned in Domesday. 2. More likely to relate to stability of mind than to association with horses. 3. A corruption of - Parishes, etc. in counties Kent, Somerset, and Sussex.

How popular is Staben?

As per 2010 US census, number of Stabens plummeted by 18.78 per cent to 173 since 2000 and slipped by 21311 spots and ranked at 103655. The last name was found in merely 6 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 83.24 86.85
Hispanic or Latino 13.29 11.74

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Auguste Staben was 40 years old when she migrated to Chicago on May 26, 1858. She lived in Mecklenburg and took John Bertram from Hamburg. Carl Staben (11), Fritz Staben, Heinrich Staben, 49 years old Joh. Staben, 49 years old Joh. Staben, Johann Staben (4), 13 years old Wilhelm Staben, 24 years old Clara Staben, and 34 other Staben majority of whom were farmer and others worked as laborer and miller, painter migrated to US.

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