Startup Surname

397,537th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 886 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Startup Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Startup,' a portion of the township of Twizle, Northumberland.

1592. Arthur Startupp and Margaret Lixlade: Marriage Lic. (London).

1603. John Startuppe and Susan Tyte: ibid.

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Startup Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3801:953,83971,121
England3351:166,32315,397
Canada671:549,93446,038
New Zealand311:146,07517,002
Wales161:193,40812,484
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2371:102,85010,316
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States871:577,22639,167

Startup (15) may also be a first name.

Startup Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Startup,' a portion of the township of Twizle, Northumberland.

1592. Arthur Startupp and Margaret Lixlade: Marriage Lic. (London).

1603. John Startuppe and Susan Tyte: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) 1 Dweller at the Start- Hope [v. under Start and Hope] Andrew Startup tenanted Startup (1737). —Hodgson, Hist. Northumb., ii. (183a) 467, 2 Upstart [from Middle English sterten, Old English *steart- (i)an (conn, with Old English steartlian, to stumble), to start: cp. Dutch storten and Ger. stürzen + Middle English up, Old English úp] Upon my life, his marriage with that start-up. . . .— R. Brome, Queen and Concub., II. i.; T. Wright.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

1. A kind of boot or leg-covering; a writer in Gent. Mag., June 1824, says, "gaiters laced down before." Gerard Legh, in his Accidence of Armory, mentions the startup as part of the habiliments of a Herald. In a compotus of the priory of Bicester, co. Oxon, dated 29. Edward III., among charges for saddlery and other horseman's gear, bought for the use of the Prior, are these entries: "One pair of startups, xxiid." and "in reparation of the Prior's startups, vid." Dunkin's Oxfordshire, ii. 221,222. Drayton (Eclogue ix.) says: —

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Startup Last Name Facts

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

Startup is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Startup click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Startup? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 397,537th most frequent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 8,225,221 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Startup are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used forename worldwide It is held by 15 people.

The surname Startup is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 380 people, or 1 in 953,839. In The United States it is most frequent in: Tennessee, where 14 percent reside, New York, where 13 percent reside and California, where 13 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name is found in 27 countries. It also occurs in England, where 38 percent reside and Canada, where 8 percent reside.

Startup Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Startup has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Startup surname grew 437 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 141 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Startup Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Startup surname are 9.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.47% being registered with the political party.

The amount Startup earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 58.97% less than the national average, earning R 97,500 per year; in United States they earn 14.07% more than the national average, earning $49,218 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.99% more than the national average, earning $58,622 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Startups930/
Stairtup930/
Startu921/
Startap863/
Stortup860/
Streetp712/
Stortou711/
Stuartb711/
Starodub676,645/
Staradub6729/
Stratipi671/
Sataratpayo671/
Steuartb670/

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