Last Name STIRLING

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Meaning Local: Of Stirling, the capital of the shire of that name in Scotland.
Local : from the town of Stirling in Stirlingshire. Sir John Stirling of Glorat, was armor bearer to James I.
Local: From the city of Stirling, the Gaelic name of which is 'Strila,' by some supposed to signify "the place of strife," from 'Stri-thralla.' A Mr. Stirling, who was minister of the barony church of Glasgow, during the war maintained against the insatiable ambition of Louis XIV, in that part of his prayer which related to public affairs, used to beseech the Lord that he would take the haughty tyrant of France, and shake him over the mouth of hell, "but good Lord," added the worthy man, "dinna let him fa'in." This curious prayer having been mentioned to Louis, he laughed heartily at this new and ingenious method of punishing ambition, and frequently afterward gave as a toast, "The good Scotch parson."
Origin Scottish, Irish, South african, Hungarian, Tanzanian

Rank 10,869 (2000 US census) 13,156 (1990 US census)
Count 2,691 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 94.39%, or 2540 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 1.56%, or 42 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.74%, or 20 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.19%, or 5 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.71%, or 46 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.41%, or 38 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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