Starosta Surname

73,145th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,735 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Starosta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Starosta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland3,4061:11,1591,587
Ukraine1,0551:43,1496,251
Germany4861:165,64919,614
United States3711:976,97872,504
Russia3421:421,41240,292
Czechia2551:41,7006,898
Brazil1641:1,305,33144,621
Moldova1401:25,4384,198
France911:729,92091,032
Slovakia701:76,23514,799
Canada631:584,85148,473
Israel581:147,54515,555
Argentina511:838,10654,910
England361:1,547,72466,012
Uzbekistan271:1,145,52421,534
Hungary261:377,54926,409
Austria121:709,62061,025
Belarus101:950,10668,851
Finland81:687,08836,047
Venezuela81:3,775,51036,567
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Latvia41:512,51230,386
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Starosta (33) may also be a first name.

Starosta Last Name Facts

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

The last name Starosta (Russian: Староста) is found most in Poland. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Starosta? popularity and diffusion

The last name Starosta is the 73,145th most widely held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,082,041 people. The surname Starosta occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of Starosta live; 78 percent live in Eastern Europe and 55 percent live in West Slavic Europe. Starosta is also the 1,807,719th most prevalent given name world-wide, borne by 33 people.

The surname Starosta is most frequently held in Poland, where it is carried by 3,406 people, or 1 in 11,159. Apart from Poland it is found in 42 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 16 percent reside and Germany, where 7 percent reside.

Starosta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Starosta has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Starosta last name increased 12,367 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Starosta Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Starosta surname is predominantly Orthodox (93%) in Russia and Orthodox (68%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Starosta surname are 5.21% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 58.44% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Starosta earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 29.17% less than the national average, earning 245,121 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 163.81% more than the national average, earning R 626,916 per year; in United States they earn 0.55% more than the national average, earning $43,388 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.5% less than the national average, earning $43,475 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Starostha941/
Sztaroszta8932/
Staroste8891/
Starosto8848/
Starusta8810/
Starasta888/
Starosti884/
Starosty884/
Storosta881/
Starojta881/
Sztaraszta7856/
Sztároszta7824/
Staraste7512/
Storosto751/
Staratos751/
Storostip711/
Sztaraszte671/
Staratou632/
Storruste5936/
Storato53217/

Starosta Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Starosta in the Russian language
Старостаstarosta-

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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
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  • 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 Starosta
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