Starling Surname
Approximately 18,992 people bear this surname
Starling Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the starling'; formed from stair, a bird, with diminutive ling.
'The false lapwing, full of trecherie, The stare, that the counsaile can bewrie.': Chaucer, Assembly of Fowls.
(2) Nick.
Read More About This SurnameStarling Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12,762 | 1:28,401 | 3,534 |
| England | 3,350 | 1:16,632 | 2,412 |
| Brazil | 885 | 1:241,892 | 9,337 |
| Australia | 709 | 1:38,076 | 4,954 |
| Canada | 540 | 1:68,233 | 7,861 |
| South Africa | 199 | 1:272,250 | 27,005 |
| Wales | 102 | 1:30,339 | 3,079 |
| Russia | 63 | 1:2,287,668 | 136,333 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| New Zealand | 48 | 1:94,340 | 12,897 |
| Scotland | 39 | 1:137,277 | 8,372 |
| Denmark | 20 | 1:282,236 | 21,168 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Ireland | 16 | 1:294,309 | 10,207 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Philippines | 13 | 1:7,787,556 | 197,164 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| Belarus | 8 | 1:1,187,632 | 77,603 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 9 | 1:492,207 | 16,355 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,181 | 1:11,176 | 1,709 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:534,745 | 14,325 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:224,059 | 8,079 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,371 | 1:36,629 | 4,342 |
The alternate forms: Stärling (18) are calculated separately.
Starling (1,925) may also be a first name.
Starling Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the starling'; formed from stair, a bird, with diminutive ling.
'The false lapwing, full of trecherie, The stare, that the counsaile can bewrie.': Chaucer, Assembly of Fowls.
(2) Nick. 'the starling,' i.e. sterling, true, from starling, a coin.
'So that ye of the Frenchnobles or starlings.': Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales.
Symon Starlyng, Hertfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William Starling, Norfolk, ibid.
Geoffrey Starlyng, Close Rolls, 17 Richard II.
It is probable that (1) is the true parent of the surname.
1622. Baptised — Christopher, s. Thomas Starling: St. James, Clerkenwell.
(English) 1 a nickname from the Starling (Middle English sterling, Old English stœrling, m., —stœr, starling + the (double) diminutive suff. -ling] 2 v. Sterling.
Starling.—Domesday-Book.
William Starling.—Hundred Rolls Cp. Stare.
(Scandinavian) belonging to Starling (Lancs, Cumb., etc.) [apparently N. and East. Dialectal English star(e (v. under Starmore), sedge, bent-grass + English ling, Old Norse lyng, heath]
1. An ancient baptismal name in use before the Conquest, as we have Starlinc, and Starlingus in Domesday. 2. Perhaps from the bird, like Raven, Rook, Crow, See . 3. It may be a corruption of Stirling, the local name, or of Easterling. H.R, Starlyng, Sterlyng.
(in H.R. Starlyng, Sterlyng). From Stirling, Scotland.
From the Swedish, Stahlin; a personal name See Starr.
Starling: In the church of St. Peter, Mancroft, Norwich, there was a monument to four persons, named Richard Starling, who died between 1690 and 1729; two of them were carpenters and one an attorney - at - law (Bl.). Starling is still a Norwich name. Starlinc, according to Lower, was a pre - Domesday personal name.
Starling Demographics
Average Starling Salary in
United States
$39,676 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Starling Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Starling Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Starling (Bengali: ষ্টারলিং, Hindi: स्टर्लिंग, Russian: Старлинг) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Stärling. Click here for other possible spellings of Starling.
How Common Is The Last Name Starling? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 28,295th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 383,717 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Starling reside; 70 percent reside in North America and 70 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Starling is also the 173,018th most commonly used given name at a global level It is held by 1,925 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 12,762 people, or 1 in 28,401. In The United States it is most numerous in: Florida, where 20 percent are found, North Carolina, where 12 percent are found and Texas, where 11 percent are found. Aside from The United States Starling occurs in 74 countries. It is also found in England, where 18 percent are found and Brazil, where 5 percent are found.
Starling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Starling has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Starling last name rose 931 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 154 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 1,457 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 557 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 178 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Starling Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Presbyterian (78%) in Ireland and Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Starling last name are 10.29% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.06% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Starling earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 81.02% more than the national average, earning R 430,164 per year; in United States they earn 8.05% less than the national average, earning $39,676 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.7% less than the national average, earning $49,336 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stärling | 96 | 18 | / |
| Starlings | 94 | 194 | / |
| Starlling | 94 | 17 | / |
| Stearling | 94 | 12 | / |
| Starrling | 94 | 10 | / |
| Starlin | 93 | 1,206 | / |
| Starlng | 93 | 1 | / |
| Stearlings | 89 | 32 | / |
| Starllings | 89 | 9 | / |
| Sterling | 88 | 53,208 | / |
| Störling | 88 | 65 | / |
| Starlind | 88 | 23 | / |
| Starlink | 88 | 8 | / |
| Storling | 88 | 2 | / |
| Starlina | 88 | 2 | / |
| Xtarling | 88 | 1 | / |
| Starlien | 88 | 1 | / |
| Stearlin | 88 | 0 | / |
| Szterling | 82 | 40 | / |
| Steerling | 82 | 14 | / |
| Stherling | 82 | 12 | / |
| Shterling | 82 | 8 | / |
| Sterlling | 82 | 6 | / |
| Sterhling | 82 | 5 | / |
| Sterlijng | 82 | 2 | / |
| Østerling | 82 | 2 | / |
| Steirling | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sterrling | 82 | 1 | / |
| Hsterling | 82 | 1 | / |
| Stoerling | 82 | 1 | / |
| Starlyn | 80 | 49 | / |
| Sterlng | 80 | 5 | / |
| Starlen | 80 | 4 | / |
| Starlln | 80 | 1 | / |
| Storlin | 80 | 0 | / |
| Storlien | 75 | 353 | / |
| Šterling | 75 | 28 | / |
| Storlind | 75 | 9 | / |
| Starlene | 75 | 7 | / |
| Storlina | 75 | 4 | / |
| Starllen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Stearlen | 75 | 0 | / |
| Østerlyng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sterlinck | 71 | 1 | / |
| Starlem | 67 | 2 | / |
| Starlym | 67 | 2 | / |
Starling Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Starling in the Bengali language | ||
| ষ্টারলিং | staralim | - |
| Starling in the Hindi language | ||
| स्टर्लिंग | starlinga | 66.67 |
| स्टारलिंग | staralinga | 33.33 |
| Starling in the Russian language | ||
| Старлинг | starling | - |
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