The Stark surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 41,735 people carried this name — #827 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 7,070 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (41,863).
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,291 people named Stark live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 669 people named Stark 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
571 people named Stark have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 736 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 309 people named Stark.
71 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 62 people named Stark live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
3,219 people named Stark are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Stark in American newspapers,
1877–1885.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 708,933 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Stark,
with a public archive behind them.
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Oded Stark d. 2026 · economist
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James Stark d. 1922
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Georg Stark 1554–1632
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Aaron Stark 1608–1685
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John Stark 1610–
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William Stark 1612–
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Stark.
- Stankiewicz 2,780 · U.S. census
- Stanko 2,853 · U.S. census
- Stankovic 551 · U.S. census
- Stanojevic 197 · U.S. census
- Starace 521 · U.S. census
- Starck 1,100 · 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
- Staszewski 451 · U.S. census
- Staub 5,004 · U.S. census
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