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    The surname Starke

    A German surname, carried by 3,299 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /stɑɹk/ 1 syllable Soundex S362

    Starke: #9,813 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Starke #9,813, 3,299 people Starke: #9,813 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Starke #9,813, 3,299 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Starke is more common than 94% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    A surname from German.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,299 people named Starke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,588 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,160.

    #9,813
    rank among US surnames
    3,299
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #9,436)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,808Whisenhunt3,30193,531
    #9,810Vos3,30093,559
    #9,813Starke3,29993,588
    #9,818Dieter3,29893,616
    #9,821Moline3,29693,673

    Who is named Starke

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    80% of people named Starke identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Starkes

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Pauline Starke
      American actress (1901-1977)
    • Anthony Starke
      American actor, born 1963

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Starke

    Starke has the Soundex code S362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S362.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Starke come from?
    Starke is German in origin.
    How common is the surname Starke?
    3,299 people in the United States had the surname Starke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,588 Americans. It ranked 9,813th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Starke?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Starke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Starke?
    Pauline Starke, American actress (1901-1977), followed by Anthony Starke.
    Where is the surname Starke most common?
    Wikidata records people named Starke in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Starke?
    Starke is /stɑɹk/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Starke getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,160 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,299 in 2010, up 4.4%.