Staring Surname

291,938th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,310 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Staring Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Staring Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands7071:23,8863,871
United States3781:958,88671,403
Canada961:383,80834,152
Germany361:2,236,263117,794
Australia231:1,173,72664,589
Sweden181:547,04239,827
Belgium121:958,05473,966
England81:6,964,757184,742
Norway81:642,78647,258
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Aruba11:103,4772,586
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1111:452,42132,615

The alternate forms: Stäring (56) are calculated separately.

Staring (37) may also be a first name.

Staring Last Name Facts

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

Staring is found most in The Netherlands. It can occur in the variant forms: Stäring. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Staring? popularity and diffusion

Staring is the 291,938th most numerous last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 5,563,012 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 61 percent of Staring live; 58 percent live in Western Europe and 58 percent live in Germanic Europe. Staring is also the 1,688,769th most common first name throughout the world, held by 37 people.

Staring is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 707 people, or 1 in 23,886. In The Netherlands Staring is most numerous in: Gelderland, where 42 percent are found, South Holland, where 20 percent are found and North Holland, where 10 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands this surname occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.

Staring Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Staring has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Staring surname rose 341 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Staring Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Staring are 29.5% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 76.27% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Staring earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 30.53% less than the national average, earning 240,415 kr per year; in United States they earn 3.81% more than the national average, earning $44,794 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.46% less than the national average, earning $48,459 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stäring9556/
Starring93277/
Stauring93138/
Starging932/
Stearing930/
Starin92806/
Starng921/
Starink86744/
Starina86697/
Stering86393/
Storing86162/
Störing8696/
Starrin8683/
Starion8649/
Stareng8623/
Stargin8618/
Stearin867/
Shtarin864/
Starrng861/
Stearng861/
Starn83851/
Storring80217/
Staarink80109/
Stoering80106/
Störring8095/
Sterring8060/
Stehring8052/
Steiring8020/
Staurina8012/
Starräng8010/
Shtarina806/
Stöhring804/
Sterihng804/
Starrina802/
Starienė802/
Starhngs801/
Steuring800/
Steering800/
Stearn772,842/
Storin77248/
Staren7778/
Starne7760/
Staryn7727/
Storng778/
Starnd772/
Starnn772/
Starnc772/
Sterng771/
Stairn770/
Starim770/
Starinova7583/
Storrings7564/
Stoerring7518/
Staryna71546/
Starren71474/
Stearne71364/
Storeng71159/
Storion7179/
Starinnova7177/
Starinkova7170/
Storina7163/
Starincová7141/
Storrin7133/
Shtorin7128/
Storäng7126/
Starrén7113/
Stohrin712/
Stearnh712/
Stereng712/
Sterhng711/
Steurin711/
Stearnn711/
Starzyn711/
Staaren711/
Starent710/
Stearen710/
Staurne710/
Sthaurn710/
Storn67283/
Østereng67138/
Štarienė67103/
Sætereng6790/
Starnova6719/
Shtorina6717/
Storøien6714/
Shtorgin677/
Starnová676/
Stoureng671/
Steiringová671/
Shteyrin671/
Shtahryn671/
Steurink670/

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Staring Reference & Research

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Staring
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis