Staves

See also: staves

English

Etymology 1

Variant of Staff, with excrescent -s.

Proper noun

Staves (countable and uncountable, plural Staveses)

1. A surname.
2. A census-designated place in Cleveland County, Arkansas, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Staves is the 41501^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 524 individuals. Staves is most common among White (71.37%) and Black/African American (21.95%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Staves”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Staves

1. plural of Stave