Starling Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 18
Buckinghamshire 5
Berkshire 8
Cambridgeshire 266
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 15
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 2
Derbyshire 11
Devon 29
Dorset 4
Durham 44
Essex 400
Gloucestershire 4
Hampshire 62
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 16
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 18
Isle of Man 0
Kent 61
Lancashire 34
Leicestershire 3
Lincolnshire 31
London 564
Middlesex 132
Northumberland 27
Norfolk 566
Northamptonshire 18
Nottinghamshire 33
Oxfordshire 11
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 18
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 101
Somerset 2
Surrey 82
Sussex 32
Staffordshire 18
Warwickshire 65
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 5
Worcestershire 41
Yorkshire 149

Wales

Anglesey 7
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 2
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 16
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Starling Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Starling family

Profession Census Frequency
School 258
Farm Labourer 71
General Servant (domestic) 27
General Labourer 24
Private Means 20
At Home 19
Labourer 14
Shop Assistant 14
Labourer On Farm 14
Farmer 13
At School 12
Clerk 12
Old Age Pensioner 11
Scholar 11
Assisting In The Business 11
Carman 10
Carpenter 10
General Servant Domestic 10
Dressmaker 10
House Keeper 9
Commercial Clerk 8
Police Constable 8
Charwoman 8
Cook (domestic) 7
Gardener (domestic) 7

Most Frequent Forenames for Starling

Name Census Frequency
William Starling 999
John Starling 784
Mary Starling 764
Elizabeth Starling 552
George Starling 543
Sarah Starling 527
James Starling 441
Robert Starling 322
Thomas Starling 316
Henry Starling 312
Ann Starling 273
Charles Starling 260
Eliza Starling 257
Emma Starling 226
Frederick Starling 225
Ellen Starling 217
Joseph Starling 214
Jane Starling 211
Alice Starling 198
Emily Starling 190
Alfred Starling 176
Annie Starling 173
Walter Starling 153
Susan Starling 145
Samuel Starling 142

Starling Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Starling 100% 14,877
2 Sterling 88% 4,919
3 Stirling 88% 3,567
4 Easterling 70% 601
5 Sturling 88% 123

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The surname Starling is the most popular version of all its varients

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