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

The surname Starke has its highest incidence in Germany. It may occur as a variant: Stärke, Štarke or Starké. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

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

This surname is the 23,713^th most frequently held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 318,958 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 66 percent of Starke live; 64 percent live in Western Europe and 63 percent live in Germanic Europe. Starke is also the 1,046,220^th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 84 people.

The surname Starke is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 13,950 people, or 1 in 5,771. In Germany Starke is mostly concentrated in: Saxony, where 24 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 10 percent live. Barring Germany this surname exists in 55 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent live and Israel, where 3 percent live.

Starke Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Starke has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 432 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 13 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 152 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Starke Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Anglican (71%) in Ireland.

In The United States Starke are 7.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.5% registered with the political party.

The amount Starke earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 3.44% less than the national average, earning 334,172 kr per year; in Peru they earn 19.44% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,617 per year; in South Africa they earn 42.28% more than the national average, earning R 338,100 per year; in United States they earn 2.39% more than the national average, earning $44,182 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.46% more than the national average, earning $54,385 CAD per year.