Starnes Surname

26,980th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,910 people bear this surname

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

Starnes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Starnes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States19,1201:18,9572,384
England2941:189,51716,830
Canada2471:149,17215,241
New Zealand951:47,6677,746
Australia441:613,53943,545
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
Israel141:611,26042,949
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Jordan41:2,210,60920,372
Wales41:773,63329,106
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Guam11:160,1214,893
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England961:253,91018,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3951:35,9994,267

Starnes (46) may also be a first name.

Starnes Last Name Facts

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

Starnes occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Starnes? popularity and diffusion

It is the 26,980th most commonly used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 366,024 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Starnes live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,484,914th most prevalent forename globally, held by 46 people.

The surname Starnes is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 19,120 people, or 1 in 18,957. In The United States Starnes is mostly concentrated in: North Carolina, where 21 percent live, Texas, where 15 percent live and Tennessee, where 9 percent live. Aside from The United States it is found in 36 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Starnes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Starnes has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,371 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 306 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 87 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Starnes Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Episcopalian (88%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Starnes surname are 20.25% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 67.02% being registered with the party.

The amount Starnes earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 273.55% more than the national average, earning R 887,700 per year; in United States they earn 7.11% less than the national average, earning $40,083 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.31% more than the national average, earning $51,329 CAD per year.

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Starnes Reference & Research

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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 Starnes
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