The surname Stirling
A place surname, carried by 2,836 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈstɝ.lɪŋ/ 2 syllables Soundex S364 Also a first name
Origin
Borrowed from Middle Scots Stirveling, from Early Scots Strivelin, Strivelyn, likely from Old Irish sreb, srib (“stream”) + linn (“pool, lake”). Cognate with Old French Estrivelin, Middle Welsh Ystriflin.
Stirling 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 2,836 people named Stirling in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 108,867 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,691.
Who is named Stirling
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Stirling identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
- Two or more races 1.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Famous Stirlings
4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Lindsey StirlingAmerican violinist, musician, dancer, performance artist, singer and composer, born 1986
- Rachael StirlingBritish actress, born 1977
- Linda StirlingAmerican model and actress (1921-1997)
- Matthew StirlingAmerican Mesoamericanist (1896–1975)
Notable Stirlings come mostly from the United States (3) and the United Kingdom (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Stirling has the Soundex code S364, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S364.
Questions
- Where does the surname Stirling come from?
- Borrowed from Middle Scots Stirveling, from Early Scots Strivelin, Strivelyn, likely from Old Irish sreb, srib (“stream”) + linn (“pool, lake”). Cognate with Old French Estrivelin, Middle Welsh Ystriflin.
- How common is the surname Stirling?
- 2,836 people in the United States had the surname Stirling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,867 Americans. It ranked 11,158th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Stirling?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Stirling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Who is the most famous person named Stirling?
- Lindsey Stirling, American violinist, musician, dancer, performance artist, singer and composer, followed by Rachael Stirling.
- Where is the surname Stirling most common?
- Wikidata records people named Stirling in the United States and the United Kingdom.
- How do you pronounce Stirling?
- Stirling is /ˈstɝ.lɪŋ/, 2 syllables.
- What type of surname is Stirling?
- Stirling is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Stirling getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,691 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,836 in 2010, up 5.4%.
- Is Stirling also a first name?
- Yes. Stirling is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.