Starrett
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Starrett is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- USUnited States
- GBUnited Kingdom
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Sources 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Starrett is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Irish, Of Scottish origin this is well known in Co. Donegal and adjacent Ulster areas. The variant Sterritt is also numerous in Belfast
as a nameThe Surnames of Ireland
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- William Aiken Starrettb. 1877USAmerican architect and real-estate financier
- Vincent Starrettb. 1886CAAmerican writer (1886–1974)
- Kemp Starrettb. 1889USAmerican cartoonist (1889-1952)
- Charles Starrettb. 1903USAmerican actor (1903–1986)
- Jack Starrettb. 1936USAmerican actor (1936-1989)
- Keith Starrettb. 1951USUnited States federal judge
- Mary Starrettb. 1954USAmerican talk radio host
- Gregory Starrettb. 1961USacademic, anthropologist
- James Starrettresearcher
- Brooke StarrettAUAustralian association football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 1 | #593 |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
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About this data
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Starrett”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.