The Starace surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 521 people carried this name — #41,728 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is down 1% from 526 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Starace surname
A surname from Greek.
Southern Italian surname, from the Greek personal name Σταυράκης (Stavrákis), a diminutive of Σταύρος (Stávros).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Starace» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 51 people named Starace.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
27 people named Starace live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 27 people named Starace live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Starace,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nina Faliero 1877–1946 · singer -
Achille Starace 1889–1945 · politician -
Maria Maddalena Starace 1845–1921 · nun
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Francesco Gabriello Starace 1848–1909 · playwright
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Francesco Gabriello Starace 1848–1909 · playwright
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Gino Starace 1859–1950 · illustrator
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Starace.
- Stanislas 152 · U.S. census
- Stanislawski 909 · U.S. census
- Stankiewicz 2,780 · U.S. census
- Stanko 2,853 · U.S. census
- Stankovic 551 · U.S. census
- Stanojevic 197 · U.S. census
- Starck 1,100 · U.S. census
- Stark 41,735 · U.S. census
- Staron 572 · U.S. census
- Stas 354 · U.S. census
- Stasiak 1,129 · U.S. census
- Staszak 1,005 · U.S. census
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