Stabley is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Stabley
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning:

Lastname Stabley is variation of the 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."

Stabley is the form of 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.

Variation 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 Stabley?

Stabley is common in United States.

Stabley is ranked 506984 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Stableys plummeted by 23.88 per cent to 373 since 2000 and slipped by 13328 spots and ranked at 55121. The last name was found in around 1 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.1 96.33
Hispanic or Latino 2.68 1.43
Others 2.41 1.22
Stabley is a very rare surname, few people in United States have the family name and might be arised from United States. Around 646 people have been found who wears Stabley as their family name. Few people around the world have Stabley as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Stabley:
46,642 United States638

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