How common is the surname Starkey?

15,004 people in the United States had the surname Starkey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,578 Americans. It ranked 2,415th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Starkey?

Drew Starkey, American actor (born 1993), followed by David Starkey.

Where is the surname Starkey most common?

Wikidata records people named Starkey in the United States and the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Starkey?

Starkey is /ˈstɑː.ki/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Starkey getting more or less common?

More common. 14,483 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,004 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Starkey

A surname, carried by 15,004 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈstɑː.ki/ 2 syllables Soundex S362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Starkey is more common than 98.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 15,004 people named Starkey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,578 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,483.

#2,415

rank among US surnames

15,004

people in 2010

5.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #2,297)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,406	Armenta	15,078	20,477
#2,407	Dobbins	15,076	20,479
#2,408	Chester	15,066	20,493
#2,409	Banda	15,055	20,508
#2,411	Mattingly	15,050	20,515
#2,412	Beckman	15,045	20,521
#2,414	Ruth	15,012	20,567

Who is named Starkey

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

88% of people named Starkey identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Starkeys

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Drew Starkey
American actor (born 1993)
David Starkey
British constitutional historian, born 1945
Steve Starkey
American film producer, born 2000
Dan Starkey
British actor, born 1977

Notable Starkeys come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Starkey

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

Questions

How common is the surname Starkey?: 15,004 people in the United States had the surname Starkey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,578 Americans. It ranked 2,415th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Starkey?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Starkey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Starkey?: Drew Starkey, American actor (born 1993), followed by David Starkey.
Where is the surname Starkey most common?: Wikidata records people named Starkey in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Starkey?: Starkey is /ˈstɑː.ki/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Starkey getting more or less common?: More common. 14,483 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,004 in 2010, up 3.6%.