# Star (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/star/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,097 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,279 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 147,232 people |
| Change since 2000 | +17% (1,797 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German and Jewish surname, from Star (“starling”). * Also as a German and Jewish surname, semantic loan from German Stern (“star”). * As a Dutch surname, from star (“stiff, rigid”). * As a Slovene surname, from star (“old”). * As an English given name, from star, sometimes originating as a nickname.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Star in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 71% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 5.6% |
| Two or more races | 3.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Star in the United States.

## People named Star

- Darren Star, American television producer, writer
- Charmane Star, American pornographic actress & model
- Lela Star, American pornographic actress
- Celeste Star, American pornographic actress
- Ryan Star, American musician
- Susan Leigh Star, American sociologist (1954–2010)

## Similar surnames

Starr, Story, Sauter, Stroh, Straw, Stier, Stair, Satter, Stuhr, Steer, Stahr, Sater.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.