The Staats surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,549 people carried this name — #7,333 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,900 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,532).

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

45 families named Staats, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 255 people lived in those households, 5.7 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 6 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

New York 21
Pennsylvania 14
Virginia 5
Vermont 1
Massachusetts 1
Rhode Island 1
Connecticut 1
Maryland 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 263 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Staats in American newspapers,
1884–1921.

Newspaper page from The Daily Enterprise carrying the name Staats
The Daily Enterprise 1884-05-27
Newspaper page from The White Mountain Echo carrying the name Staats
The White Mountain Echo 1921-07-30
Newspaper page from Great Falls Tribune carrying the name Staats
Great Falls Tribune 1921-12-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 367,838 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Staats in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1970s.

185 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Staats. The most, 53, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 100
New South Wales 59
South Australia 9
ACT (Canberra) 8
Western Australia 5
Victoria 4

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Staats.

Who carried it

People named Staats,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henrico Staats
    Henrico Staats 1632–1687 · businessperson
  • Katrintje Staats
    Katrintje Staats 1697–1731
  • Stephen O. Staats
    Stephen O. Staats 1840–1916
  • Léo Staats
    Léo Staats 1877–1952 · ballet dancer
  • Kathleen Merrell Staats
    Kathleen Merrell Staats 1889–1973
  • Samuel Staats d. 1715

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Staats,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States652 records

652 records of the Staats name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 235
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 161
  • Other U.S. records 256
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record William H. Staats

    Born 1911 in New York. Enlisted 1941 at Jamaica; policeman from Westchester County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1992, buried at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Bertha Staats

    Arrived at New York in 1862 aboard the E.f. Gabain from Bremen and Bremerhaven, aged 27; farmer. From Wolfenbuettel, Brunswick, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Gerald Martin Staats

    Born 1949; from Dayton, Ohio. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; died of wounds 1970 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 652 records for Staats in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Netherlands2,583 records

2,583 records of the Staats name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1,406
  • Dutch population registers 731
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 446
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Grietje Staats

    Married in 1837 in Groningen; labourer. Died 1856 in Groningen, aged 58; knitter.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jacob Staats

    Married in 1821 in Ransdorp; fisherman, born in Durgerdam. Died 1876 in Durgerdam, aged 80.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Anna Maria Elisabeth Staats

    Married in 1865 in 's-Gravenhage; cleaning woman. Died 1905 in 's-Gravenhage, aged 71.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 2,583 records for Staats in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Germany208 records

208 records of the Staats name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 203
  • German emigration and citizenship files 5
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Heinrich Staats

    Born 1895; from Braunschweig. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 2 January 1917; then reported dead in the list of 28 September 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record August Wilhelm Staats

    Emigrated to Australia in 1865.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (CC0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Johann Friedrich Staats

    Emigrated to Africa in 1858.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (CC0)

Showing 3 of 208 records for Staats in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Canada9 records

9 records of the Staats name in Canada
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 6
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record John Staats

    Buried in 1978 at Stamford Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Frank Staats

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record James Montague Staats

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 9 records for Staats in Canada.

Counts: City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia5 records

5 records of the Staats name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Gottlieb Staats

    Arrived in Queensland in 1880 aboard the Dunbar Castle, aged 69.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Hubertus A. M. Staats

    Mill employee of Hamilton, Victoria; died 1959.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record August Staats

    Naturalised in Queensland in 1872.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Staats in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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