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    The surname Starnes

    A surname, carried by 14,442 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S365

    Starnes: #2,507 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Starnes #2,507, 14,442 people Starnes: #2,507 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Starnes #2,507, 14,442 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Starnes 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 14,442 people named Starnes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,378 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,844.

    #2,507
    rank among US surnames
    14,442
    people in 2010
    4.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,400)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,498Parish14,46621,343
    #2,499Luong14,46421,346
    #2,500Resendiz14,45721,356
    #2,501Echols14,45621,358
    #2,503Worthington14,45221,364
    #2,504Barbour14,45121,365
    #2,505Coles14,44921,368

    Who is named Starnes

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

    88% of people named Starnes identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Starness

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joe Starnes
      American politician (1895-1962)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Starnes

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Starnes?
    14,442 people in the United States had the surname Starnes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,378 Americans. It ranked 2,507th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Starnes?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Starnes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Starnes?
    Joe Starnes, American politician (1895-1962).
    Where is the surname Starnes most common?
    Wikidata records people named Starnes in the United States.
    Is the surname Starnes getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,844 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,442 in 2010, up 4.3%.