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    The surname Starmer

    A place surname, carried by 377 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈstɑːmə/ 2 syllables Soundex S365

    Starmer: #54,637 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Starmer #54,637, 377 people Starmer: #54,637 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Starmer #54,637, 377 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Starmer is more common than 66.3% of them.

    Origin

    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”).

    Starmer is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 377 people named Starmer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 818,954 Americans. That is down 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 443.

    #54,637
    rank among US surnames
    377
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -14.9%
    change since 2000 (was #45,482)

    Who is named Starmer

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

    91% of people named Starmer identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as two or more races and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Two or more races 3.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Starmer

    Starmer has the Soundex code S365, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S365.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Starmer come from?
    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”).
    How common is the surname Starmer?
    377 people in the United States had the surname Starmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 818,954 Americans. It ranked 54,637th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Starmer?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Starmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as two or more races.
    How do you pronounce Starmer?
    Starmer is /ˈstɑːmə/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Starmer?
    Starmer is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Starmer getting more or less common?
    Less common. 443 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 377 in 2010, down 15%.