The Staley surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,080 people carried this name — #1,998 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (18,081).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Staley surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Staley’.

His entry covers Staley and Stailey.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 711 · public domain.

Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Staley was found among the farmers of Derbyshire: 11 in every 10,000.

Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Derbyshire 11

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

31 families named Staley, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 202 people lived in those households, 6.5 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Staley, Stally, Staly, Stehly. 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 10
Maryland 9
Pennsylvania 8
North Carolina 4

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

Staley in American newspapers,
1908–1910.

Newspaper page from The Harlem News carrying the name Staley
The Harlem News 1910-12-29
Newspaper page from Hattiesburg Daily News carrying the name Staley
Hattiesburg Daily News 1908-04-22
Newspaper page from The Billings Gazette carrying the name Staley
The Billings Gazette 1909-10-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 72,430 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Staley in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

7,242 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Staley. The most, 2,185, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 2,595
ACT (Canberra) 1,662
New South Wales 1,120
Queensland 752
South Australia 403
Western Australia 366
Tasmania 311
Northern Territory 6

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

Who carried it

People named Staley,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thomas Nettleship Staley
    Thomas Nettleship Staley 1823–1898 · Anglican priest
  • Harry Staley
    Harry Staley 1866–1910 · baseball player
  • Lewis E. Staley
    Lewis E. Staley 1881–1962 · forester
  • William Staley d. 1678 · goldsmith
  • Mary Staley d. 1900
  • Erastus Herman Staley 1830–1920 · writer

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 Staley,
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 States1,087 records

1,087 records of the Staley name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 612
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 233
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 78
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 64
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 52
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 38
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 6
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Finies Staley

    Born 1908 in Texas. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; farm hand from Wyandotte County, Kansas. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1988, buried at Leavenworth National Cemetery, Kansas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Freddy Keith Staley

    Born 1951; from Holly, Michigan. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jemima Staley

    Arrived at New York in 1851 aboard the James Nesmith from Liverpool, aged 9; laborer. From Great Britain.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,087 records for Staley in the United States.

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

Australia221 records

221 records of the Staley name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 121
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 50
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 39
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 3
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record William Staley

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Royal George, sailing from London in 1830. Native of Granborough, Buckinghamshire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jane Staley

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Reaper, aged 3; Scottish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record William Joseph Staley

    Labourer of Inglewood, Victoria; died 1961.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 221 records for Staley in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); 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).

Canada17 records

17 records of the Staley name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 6
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 4
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 4
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 2
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record William Staley

    Died 1957, aged 83; buried at St. Vital Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Florence Winnifred Staley

    Died 1997; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  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 Joseph Stoyan Staley

    Died in service in 1943.

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

Showing 3 of 17 records for Staley in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. 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).

United Kingdom12 records

12 records of the Staley name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 10
  • Welsh wills index cards 1
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Thomas Staley

    Buried in 1820 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 59.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Sarah Staley

    Will proved in 1934; of Swansea.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Staley

    Manchester Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1919.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 12 records for Staley in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Staley name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Betty Rachel Staley

    Born 1971 in the United States; died 1997 in Montpellier (Hérault).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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