Starkus Surname

790,102nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 357 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lithuania
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Starkus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Starkus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lithuania2161:14,0492,576
United States1191:3,045,873177,373
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Starkus Last Name Facts

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

The surname Starkus (Russian: Старкус) is held by more people in Lithuania than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Starkus.

How Common Is The Last Name Starkus? popularity and diffusion

The last name Starkus is the 790,102nd most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 20,413,294 people. Starkus is predominantly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Starkus are found; 62 percent are found in Northern Europe and 61 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in Lithuania, where it is borne by 216 people, or 1 in 14,049. In Lithuania Starkus is most frequent in: Kaunas County, where 52 percent are found, Vilnius County, where 44 percent are found and Panevėžys County, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Lithuania this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 33 percent are found and Russia, where 3 percent are found.

Starkus Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Starkus surname are 10.66% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 63.89% registered with the party.

Starkus earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.82% less than the national average, earning $41,068 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Starkuss931/
Starkos869/
Sterkus866/
Storkus865/
Starcus860/
Starkhouse823/
Starceus806/
Starkosh801/
Starcheus75557/
Sterkuš7138/
Storcus710/
Storceus674/
Storcheus631,076/

Starkus Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Starkus in the Russian language
Старкусstarkus-

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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 Starkus
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