Stave
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English
Etymology
Various origins:
- Borrowed from North German Stave, an occupational surname for a judge or church official, from Middle Low German Staf (“staff”).
- Borrowed from Norwegian Stave, a habitational surname from five farmsteads in the country.
- Americanized form of Polish Staw, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.
Proper noun
Stave (plural Staves)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Stave is the 41038th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 531 individuals. Stave is most common among White (89.64%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Stave”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.