# Startz (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/startz/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 302 |
| US rank (2010) | 65,593 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,022,336 people |
| Change since 2000 | -14.9% (355 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a south German surname, variant of Stertz and German Starz. * As an Americanization of a Germanized Slavic name, from Upper Sorbian starc, Lower Sorbian starc, or Slovene stȃrəc (dialectal stȃrc), all meaning "old man"; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *starьcь (“old man”) * As a dialectal Bavarian surname, from Starz (“tail”) (see Steiß (“tail, coccyx”)) Compare Starck.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Startz 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) | 86% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 8.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Similar surnames

Sturtz, Stewart, Stuart, Street, Strait, Starrett, Streit, Strout, Strate, Strutt, Stroud, Stratton.

## 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.