Starley Surname

409,925th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 852 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Starley Surname Definition:

From Stawley; a location name in Somerset (?).

Starley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6601:549,18045,430
England1051:530,64833,151
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
Ecuador161:994,11514,535
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
India61:127,844,230863,365
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1071:227,80717,201
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States661:760,88948,111

Starley (667) may also be a first name.

Starley Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From Stawley; a location name in Somerset (?).

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Starley Last Name Facts

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

The surname Starley is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Starley? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 409,925th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 8,553,458 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 79 percent of Starley live; 77 percent live in North America and 76 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 321,321st most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 667 people.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 660 people, or 1 in 549,180. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Utah, where 37 percent live, Georgia, where 25 percent live and Nevada, where 7 percent live. Besides The United States this surname is found in 17 countries. It is also found in England, where 12 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

Starley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Starley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Starley last name expanded 1,000 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 2 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Starley Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Starley last name are 33.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 80.73% registered to vote for the party.

Starley earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.47% more than the national average, earning $43,351 USD per year.

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Footnotes

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