Maples
surname · Latin script
Meaning: A surname used by the furniture firm Maples, founded by John Maple
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈmeɪpəɫz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Maples is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 31K(measured from records)
- CACanada≈1 in 39K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 57K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 394 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 19K (inferred from the name graph)
≈20,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
New Zealand, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A surname used by the furniture firm Maples, founded by John Maple.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Maples counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈20,000 est. | ≈1 in 70K | — | Maples | 5 |
| US United States | 10,603 | 1 in 31K | 11K | Maples | 394 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 64K | — | Maples | 84 |
| CA Canada | ≈960 est. | ≈1 in 39K | — | Maples | 33 |
| IT Italy | ≈930 est. | ≈1 in 67K | — | Maples | 7 |
| AU Australia | ≈450 est. | ≈1 in 57K | — | Maples | 47 |
| SG Singapore | ≈310 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Maples | 3 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 19K | — | Maples | 21 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Maples is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, dweller by the maples; first attested Robert atte Mapele 1285 Ass (Ess)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In enm, plural of mapel
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Barbara Maplesb. 1912USAmerican photographer (1912–1999)
- Stanley Edward Maplesb. 1941USAmerican real estate developer; father of Marla Maples
- Butch Maplesb. 1941USAmerican football player
- Bobby Maplesb. 1942USAmerican football player (1942-1991)
- John Maples, Baron Maplesb. 1943GBBritish politician and Member of Parliament (1943-2012)
- Marla Maplesb. 1963USAmerican actress and TV personality (born 1963)
- Wendy E. Maplesb. 1963scientist
- Dillon Maplesb. 1992USAmerican professional baseball pitcher
- Mary Finn MaplesUScounseling and educational psychology researcher
- Justin MaplesUScollege basketball player (1992–1994) Niagara
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 7 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 11K | #3,367 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 11K | #3,134 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 9.9K | #3,507 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Maples mean, and where does it come from?
- A surname used by the furniture firm Maples, founded by John Maple. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Maples?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈmeɪpəɫz/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Maples have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 20 thousand people named Maples in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled maples.
- How common is the name Maples?
- In the United States, the national register counted 10,603 people named Maples in 2010, about 1 in 31 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/maplesThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Maples”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.