Starton Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Starton Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Starton (Warw.), 12th and 13th cent. Staverton [v.Staverton]

Starton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Starton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Starton (Warw.), 12th and 13th cent. Staverton [v.Staverton]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Starton Last Name Facts

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

Starton is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Starton click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Starton? popularity and diffusion

The last name Starton is the 5,587,209th most common surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Starton live; 83 percent live in North America and 83 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Starton is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 36,245,893. In The United States Starton is primarily concentrated in: Washington, where 30 percent live, Oregon, where 20 percent live and Alabama, where 10 percent live. Aside from The United States it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 8 percent live and Scotland, where 8 percent live.

Starton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Starton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Starton surname declined 47 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Starton Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Starton surname are 33.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 80% registered to vote for the political party.

Starton earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.7% less than the national average, earning $34,650 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Startton938/
Staurton930/
Storton86540/
Sterton8653/
Startun8615/
Startan865/
Stortone8089/
Stourton8071/
Stertton804/
Stortan712/
Stardthanne670/

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Starton Reference & Research

Startin FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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
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  • 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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Starton
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