How common is the surname Starling?

10,004 people in the United States had the surname Starling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,862 Americans. It ranked 3,567th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Starling?

Simon Starling, British artist (born 1967), followed by Bubba Starling.

Where is the surname Starling most common?

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

Is the surname Starling getting more or less common?

More common. 9,337 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,004 in 2010, up 7.1%.

Is Starling also a first name?

Yes. Starling is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Starling

A nickname surname, carried by 10,004 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S364

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Starling is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

An English surname transferred from the nickname from a nickname for a gregarious person.

Starling is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,004 people named Starling in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,862 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,337.

#3,567

rank among US surnames

10,004

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+7.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,502)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,558	Sanborn	10,025	30,798
#3,559	Harter	10,020	30,813
#3,560	Tuck	10,018	30,819
#3,561	Mauldin	10,011	30,841
#3,562	Nilson	10,010	30,844
#3,563	Blaylock	10,008	30,850
#3,564	Moriarty	10,005	30,859

Who is named Starling

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

68% of people named Starling identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 68%
Black (not Hispanic) 27%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Starlings

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Simon Starling
British artist (born 1967)
Bubba Starling
American professional baseball player, born 1992

Notable Starlings come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Starling

Starling has the Soundex code S364, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S364.

Questions

How common is the surname Starling?: 10,004 people in the United States had the surname Starling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,862 Americans. It ranked 3,567th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Starling?: In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Starling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Starling?: Simon Starling, British artist (born 1967), followed by Bubba Starling.
Where is the surname Starling most common?: Wikidata records people named Starling in the United Kingdom and the United States.
What type of surname is Starling?: Starling is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Starling getting more or less common?: More common. 9,337 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,004 in 2010, up 7.1%.
Is Starling also a first name?: Yes. Starling is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.