Starch Surname

330,363rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Starch Surname Definition:

(German) Descendant of Starco, a pet form of Starculf (strong, wolf).

Starch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi5751:29,7724,476
United States2311:1,569,086105,843
Iran1041:738,29438,062
Zimbabwe601:257,30427,433
Germany241:3,354,394150,996
Indonesia211:6,297,581275,398
Brazil201:10,703,717220,519
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Austria121:709,62061,025
Paraguay111:657,8867,708
India71:109,580,769786,157
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
England61:9,286,343223,652
Ukraine61:7,587,116277,111
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States521:965,74457,486

The alternate forms: Stärch (1) & Štarch (1) are calculated separately.

Starch (40) may also be a first name.

Starch Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Descendant of Starco, a pet form of Starculf (strong, wolf).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Starch Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Starch Come From? nationality or country of origin

Starch (Russian: Старч) occurs most in Malawi. It can occur as a variant: Stärch or Štarch. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Starch? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 330,363rd most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 6,500,933 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Starch are found; 58 percent are found in Southern Africa and 58 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Starch is also the 1,614,485th most numerous given name world-wide. It is borne by 40 people.

The last name is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 575 people, or 1 in 29,772. Other than Malawi Starch exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent are found and Iran, where 9 percent are found.

Starch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Starch has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Starch surname increased 444 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 57 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Starch Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Starch last name are 1.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 51.79% being registered with the party.

The amount Starch earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 48.6% less than the national average, earning R 122,148 per year and in United States they earn 8.47% more than the national average, earning $46,802 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stärch941/
Štarch941/
Starche9213/
Starsch928/
Starrch920/
Stharch920/
Starcsh920/
Starc911,694/
Stearche860/
Storch8315,593/
Störch8392/
Starcz8336/
Starsh8319/
Starce8311/
Sterch839/
Starkh834/
Starhe832/
Starcs830/
Starchova8010/
Starchová801/
Sztorch77119/
Storche7754/
Stoerch7718/
Shtorch7713/
Storsch774/
Stortch772/
Sstorch771/
Stoorch771/
Storchs771/
Sthorch771/
Stoirch771/
Shtarkh771/
Starschova751/
Stars732,645/
Starz731,733/
Storc73285/
Starx731/
Starcová71148/
Starcova7112/
Sthorsch711/
Starshova673,909/
Stairs672,599/
Sztorc671,584/
Stears671,378/
Starrs671,359/
Startz67493/
Storci67315/
Starts67201/
Storcz67193/
Štorch6777/
Storhs6749/
Storchová6733/
Storce6713/
Starås677/
Starss677/
Stahrs676/
Storchova676/
Starzz674/
Štarchová674/
Storsh673/
Staars673/
Sthorc673/
Starsz672/
Staurs671/
Starse671/
Storzh671/
Starsø671/
Stards670/

Starch Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Starch in the Russian language
Старчstarc-

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