Where Does The Last Name Stark Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Stark (Arabic: شتارك, Russian: Старк) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Stärk, Štark, Ştark, Štärk or Štárk. For other potential spellings of Stark click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stark? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 4,589^th most common family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 59,467 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Stark are found; 42 percent are found in North America and 42 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Stark is also the 198,465^th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 1,528 people.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 57,006 people, or 1 in 6,358. In The United States Stark is most numerous in: California, where 11 percent are found, Texas, where 8 percent are found and Florida, where 5 percent are found. Apart from The United States Stark is found in 136 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 28 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.

Stark Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Stark has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Stark surname expanded 600 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 243 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 6 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 746 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 20 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Stark Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Presbyterian (41%) in Ireland, Orthodox (87%) in Russia, Catholic (50%) in Belarus, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (95%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Stark last name are 12.06% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.83% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Stark earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 5.25% less than the national average, earning 327,911 kr per year; in Peru they earn 30.52% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,468 per year; in South Africa they earn 66.55% more than the national average, earning R 395,796 per year; in United States they earn 4.34% more than the national average, earning $45,021 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.46% more than the national average, earning $53,888 CAD per year.