The Staron surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 572 people carried this name — #38,640 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is down 14% from 666 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Staron surname
Borrowed from Polish Staroń or Slovak Staroň.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Staron» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
3,935 people named Staron have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 4,301 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
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 224 people named Staron.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Loire.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 23 people named Staron 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 Córdoba.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
27 people named Staron is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
Who carried it
People named Staron,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jan Staron 1910–
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Joséphine Staron 1992– · political philosopher
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Staron.
- 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
- Stark 41,735 · 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
- Stauder 559 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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