Straker Surname

91,220th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,249 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Barbados

Straker Surname Definition:

'Butlers, sterchers, and mustard-makers.

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Straker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,6111:34,5864,574
United States1,4441:251,01023,852
Barbados5651:509139
Trinidad and Tobago3841:3,552590
Canada3351:109,98711,787
Australia2681:100,73011,375
New Zealand1401:32,3455,645
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines771:1,463314
Scotland691:77,5925,787
Grenada691:1,573280
South Africa671:808,62254,680
Guyana451:16,9382,216
Germany251:3,220,218147,383
Netherlands201:844,35960,801
Venezuela191:1,589,68820,788
Austria171:500,90847,931
Belize141:25,3911,935
Panama141:279,4476,847
Antigua and Barbuda91:11,0191,084
Wales71:442,07621,198
United States Virgin Islands61:18,3962,503
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Jamaica31:956,64910,513
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
France21:33,211,361423,184
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5201:46,8765,805
Wales241:65,3513,160
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States661:760,88948,111

The alternate forms: Štraker (7) are calculated separately.

Straker (18) may also be a first name.

Straker Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the starcher,' i.e. a cloth stiffener, a starcher of linen; from stark, strong, stiff, weakened to starch. The occupation is referred to in Cocke Lorelle's Bote:

'Butlers, sterchers, and mustard-makers. Hardeware men, mole seekers, and ratte-takers.'

Ralph le Starkere, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

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

(English) Stroker; Striker (an occup. surname) [from Old English strácian, to stroke; Old English strícan (pret. sing. strác), to rub, (also) move, go (English 'strike’] Robert le Straker.—Lanc. Assize-Rolls, A.D. 1246.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

1. One of the many meanings which the Scottish word straik possesses, is "engagement on the field of battle." Jamieson. Hence Straker may be equivalent to combatant or soldier. 2. A ranger of planks on a ship's side. Folks of Shields.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Dutch, Stracké; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Straker: a twine-spinner.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Straker Last Name Facts

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

Straker (Russian: Стракер) is most common in England. It may appear as: Štraker. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Straker? popularity and diffusion

Straker is the 91,220th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,388,368 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Straker live; 33 percent live in North America and 32 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used forename globally. It is borne by 18 people.

Straker is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 1,611 people, or 1 in 34,586. In England it is most prevalent in: Greater London, where 20 percent reside, Northumberland, where 15 percent reside and Hampshire, where 6 percent reside. Barring England it is found in 44 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent reside and Barbados, where 11 percent reside.

Straker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Straker has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Straker surname expanded 310 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 2,188 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 71 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Straker Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Straker last name are 0.8% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.03% being registered with the political party.

The amount Straker earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 102.61% more than the national average, earning R 481,488 per year; in United States they earn 4.11% more than the national average, earning $44,922 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.79% more than the national average, earning $51,068 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Straker Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Straker in the Russian language
Стракерstraker-

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