| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 1 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 16 |
| Cornwall | 18 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 11 |
| Devon | 1 |
| Dorset | 1 |
| Durham | 142 |
| Essex | 27 |
| Gloucestershire | 9 |
| Hampshire | 12 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 6 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 1 |
| Isle of Man | 1 |
| Kent | 16 |
| Lancashire | 104 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 1 |
| London | 191 |
| Middlesex | 1 |
| Northumberland | 93 |
| Norfolk | 10 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 18 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 1 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 1 |
| Somerset | 2 |
| Surrey | 3 |
| Sussex | 12 |
| Staffordshire | 8 |
| Warwickshire | 21 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 1 |
| Yorkshire | 56 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 10 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 2 |
| Pembrokeshire | 1 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Living On Own Means | 11 |
| Cotton Weaver | 6 |
| Dress Maker | 5 |
| General Labourer | 5 |
| General Servant Domestic | 5 |
| Shooting Saloon Proprietor | 5 |
| Coal Miner Hewer | 5 |
| Scholar | 4 |
| Cook | 3 |
| Draper | 3 |
| Housemaid Domestic | 3 |
| Servant Domestic | 3 |
| None | 3 |
| Cook Domestic | 3 |
| Nurse Domestic | 2 |
| Own Means | 2 |
| Slate Merchant Retired | 2 |
| Tailor Machinist | 2 |
| Commercial Traveller | 2 |
| Coal Hewer | 2 |
| General Servant Domestic\ | 2 |
| Farmer | 2 |
| Coal Miner C Hewer | 2 |
| At School | 2 |
| No Occupation | 2 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Sterling | 353 |
| John Sterling | 284 |
| Mary Sterling | 267 |
| Elizabeth Sterling | 212 |
| George Sterling | 206 |
| James Sterling | 199 |
| Thomas Sterling | 160 |
| Robert Sterling | 143 |
| Sarah Sterling | 142 |
| Jane Sterling | 121 |
| Margaret Sterling | 102 |
| Ann Sterling | 81 |
| Henry Sterling | 77 |
| Charles Sterling | 75 |
| Eliza Sterling | 70 |
| Hannah Sterling | 65 |
| Joseph Sterling | 63 |
| Annie Sterling | 59 |
| Isabella Sterling | 53 |
| Alice Sterling | 52 |
| Ellen Sterling | 50 |
| Emma Sterling | 48 |
| Emily Sterling | 47 |
| Alfred Sterling | 45 |
| Edward Sterling | 43 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Starling | 88% | 14,877 |
| 2 | Sterling | 100% | 4,919 |
| 3 | Stirling | 88% | 3,567 |
| 4 | Easterling | 80% | 601 |
| 5 | Sturling | 88% | 123 |
The surname Sterling is the 2nd most popular variant of Starling.