Starks Surname

21,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25,045 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Starks Surname Definition:

Stark’s (Son): v. Stark.

Starks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States24,1591:15,0031,885
England4271:130,48712,922
Canada1521:242,40523,093
Australia621:435,41534,362
Liberia471:93,7997,591
Latvia311:66,1319,862
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Russia171:8,477,827301,506
France151:4,428,181244,602
Scotland131:411,83217,291
Philippines111:9,203,475207,772
India71:109,580,769786,157
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Wales61:515,75523,171
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Ecuador61:2,650,97426,148
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2491:97,8939,953
Jersey31:17,2942,528
Wales21:784,20816,349
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,7711:13,3171,708

The alternate forms: Štarks (1) are calculated separately.

Starks (65) may also be a first name.

Starks Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Stark’s (Son): v. Stark.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) The strong, severe man.

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

Starks Last Name Facts

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

Starks (Russian: Старкс) occurs most in The United States. It can occur as a variant: Štarks. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Starks? popularity and diffusion

The surname Starks is the 21,728th most numerous family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 290,978 people. The surname Starks is mostly found in The Americas, where 93 percent of Starks reside; 93 percent reside in North America and 93 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Starks is also the 1,212,820th most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 65 people.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 24,159 people, or 1 in 15,003. In The United States it is primarily found in: Texas, where 8 percent are found, California, where 7 percent are found and Missouri, where 6 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 54 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Starks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Starks has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Starks last name expanded 641 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 171 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 650 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Starks Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Congregationalist (63%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Starks surname are 5.88% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.65% registered with the party.

The amount Starks earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 13.99% less than the national average, earning $37,114 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.63% less than the national average, earning $48,378 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Štarks941/
Starcks9212/
Starkås923/
Starkss923/
Stairks923/
Stasrks921/
Hstarks921/
Staerks920/
Storks83152/
Sterks83118/
Starkz837/
Starcs830/
Starckx77127/
Storkås7795/
Storcks7795/
Stercks7740/
Starcsh770/
Storrks770/
Starx731/
Sterkx6743/
Storgs671/
Sterckx624,629/
Storchs621/
Sterkcx621/
Sterckz621/
Sterkckx571/
Stercx501/

Starks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Starks in the Russian language
Старксstarks-

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Starks Reference & Research

Stark FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

Stark FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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  • 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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Starks
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