The Staten surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,021 people carried this name — #4,430 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,800 people counted. That is up 11% from 7,230 in 2000.

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In print

Staten in American newspapers,
1920.

Newspaper page from Torrington Telegram carrying the name Staten
Torrington Telegram 1920-02-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Staten in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

374 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Staten. The most, 89, date from the 1910s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 123
Queensland 89
Victoria 58
Western Australia 56
South Australia 23
Tasmania 23
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Staten,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Roy N. Staten 1913–1999 · politician
  • Charles L. Staten 1920–
  • Fred Staten 1937–1998 · entertainer
  • Randy Staten 1944–2020 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Staten,
in the records of 3 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 States410 records

410 records of the Staten name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 230
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 110
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 41
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 12
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 11
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Booker T. Staten

    Born 1910 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at New York City; physician. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at New Bern National Cemetery, North Carolina.

    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 Tyrone Joseph Staten

    Born 1947; from Gary, Indiana. U.S. Army, infantry unit commander; killed in action 1969 in Hua Nghia, 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 Jacob Staten

    Arrived at New York in 1883 aboard the Westphalia from Hamburg and Havre, aged 29; farmer. From Prussia, Germany; bound for Minnesota.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 410 records for Staten in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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) · 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); 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).

Netherlands20 records

20 records of the Staten name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 9
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 9
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 2
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Gijsbrecht Staten

    Married in 1607 in Delft; miller.

    Open Archives, Archief Delft (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Christina Staten

    Died 1844 in Rotterdam, aged 58.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Juriaan Staten

    Buried in 1751 in Hoorn.

    Open Archives, Westfries Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 20 records for Staten 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Staten name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Margaret Staten

    Died 1932 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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