# Starr (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/starr/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname, variant of Star

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 30,363 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,158 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,168 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.6% (28,210 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /stɑɹ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun star. * As a Jewish surname, spelling variant of Star.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Starr 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Starr in the United States.

## People named Starr

- Martin Starr, American actor
- Ken Starr, American judge and educational administrator (1946–2022)
- Mike Starr, American actor (born 1950)
- Bobbi Starr, American pornographic actress
- Belle Starr, American outlaw
- Mike Starr, American bassist (1966–2011)
- Brenda K. Starr, American musician (born 1966)
- Rachel Starr, American pornographic actress
- Bart Starr, American football player, coach, executive (1934-2019)
- Ellen Gates Starr, American social activist (1859–1940)
- Nina Starr Braunwald, American thoracic surgeon and medical researcher
- Beau Starr, American actor (born 1944)

and 9 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Straw, Stair, Star, Stahr, Sitar, Storr, Stayer, Story, Storey, Sutter, Suter, Sauter.

## 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.