Stirling is used as a family name or surname in New Zealand. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Stirling
No. of characters: 8
Origin: New Zealand
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Stirling

How popular is Stirling?

Stirling is common in New Zealand.

Stirling is ranked 24342 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Stirling bearers increased by 5.388331 per cent in 2010 US census to 2836 since 2000, the surname slipped by 289 spots and ranked at 11158. The last name was found in around 10 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.62 94.39
Hispanic or Latino 2.22 1.41
Black 2.05 1.56
Others 1.16 1.71
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.56 0.74
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.39 0.19
Stirling is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 21075 people have been found who wears Stirling as their family name. Stirling is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
98,953 Belarus7
567,967 Indonesia6
381,097 Ukraine4
70,383 Tanzania3
3,949 Botswana3
14,054 China3
16,136 Kenya3
14,126 Colombia3
90,215 Germany3
124,220 Italy2
4,231 Jamaica2
1,777 Jersey2
31,767 Greece2
18,625 Japan2
18,035 Egypt2
1,472 The Bahamas2
26,123 Malaysia2
40,256 Mexico2
4,104 South Korea2
54,641 Sweden2
4,781 Malawi2
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
7,191 Afghanistan1
10,683 Cyprus1
37,779 Serbia1
2,057 Isle of Man1
2,715 Gabon1
36,814 Romania1
2,309 Monaco1
17,575 Kuwait1
91,024 Belgium1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
7,790 Zambia1
2,333 Montenegro1
31,584 Peru1
13,606 Senegal1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
8,214 Singapore35
20,103 Norway33
52,947 Netherlands31
297 Bermuda31
269,016 Russia29
21,901 Chile27
1,021 Malta21
4,647 Thailand21
23,914 Denmark20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
50,444 Argentina90
2,858 Hong Kong83
15,572 Switzerland72
4,790 Ireland71
33,773 Spain69
17,264 Israel59
27,191 Zimbabwe51
Countries with hundreds of Stirling:
6,966 South Africa931
638 Northern Ireland513
1,013 Uruguay428
32,528 France306
6,128 Hungary196
60,164 Brazil159
2,488 Wales158
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
9,948 Austria131
Countries with thousands of Stirling:
1,691 England4,689
9,396 United States3,919
1,164 Australia2,724
307 Scotland2,658
2,271 Canada2,219
650 New Zealand1,027
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Jane Stirling worked as and hailed from Scotland. During the great famine, 27 years old embarked for USA from Glasgow on Arrick and arrived on January 26, 1849. Ellen Stirling, aged 5, George Stirling, aged 3, 4 months old Mary Stirling, 27 years old M.L. Stirling, William Stirling, aged 20, K. Stirling (45), 28 years old John Stirling, are other Stirling that migrated to US from Glasgow, Belize, Belfast and Liverpool.

Stirling Namesakes

  • Gordon Stirling, Australian Politician
  • Alexa Stirling, Golfer
  • Alfie Stirling, Politician
  • Archie Stirling, Businessman
  • Archie Stirling, Businessman
  • Rachael Stirling, Film actress
  • Stephen Stirling, Soloist
  • Richard Stirling, Writer
  • Emma Stirling, Author
  • Lindsey Stirling, Violinist
  • Ian Stirling characterized important role of Hussa in 2003 action and drama film The Winter Warrior.
  • In 2007 drama flick, Suzie, Patsy Stirling portrayed Carla.

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