# Starmer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/starmer/  
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 | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 377 |
| US rank (2010) | 54,637 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 818,954 people |
| Change since 2000 | -14.9% (443 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈstɑːmə/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

A habitational surname derived from Stermore, a settlement, no longer extant, near Stowe-by-Chartley (Stafford, Staffordshire, England). The first element of the toponym is obscure, but the second element derives from the Old English mōr (“moor, mountain”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Starmer 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) | 91% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.1% |
| Two or more races | 3.5% |

## Similar surnames

Stormer, Sturmer, Stringer, Starnes, Storm, Sturm, Strom, Sterner, Stromberg, Starner, Strum, Starns.

## 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.