Staal

See also: staal and stål

English

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Staal

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Staal.

Proper noun

Staal (plural Staals)

1. A surname from Dutch.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Staal is the 39607^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 555 individuals. Staal is most common among White (92.25%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German stahel, from Old High German stahal, from Proto-Germanic *stahliją. Cognate with German Stahl, Dutch staal, English steel, Swedish stål.

Noun

Staal m

1. (Uri) steel

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 14.