How common is the surname Stanek?

5,014 people in the United States had the surname Stanek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,577 Americans. It ranked 6,727th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Stanek?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Stanek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Stanek getting more or less common?

More common. 4,907 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,014 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Stanek

A surname, carried by 5,014 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S352

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stanek is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

From Czech Staněk or Polish Stanek.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,014 people named Stanek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,577 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,907.

#6,727

rank among US surnames

5,014

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #6,391)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,724	Calzada	5,022	61,479
#6,725	Poff	5,021	61,491
#6,726	Peavy	5,016	61,552
#6,727	Stanek	5,014	61,577

Who is named Stanek

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

97% of people named Stanek identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stanek

Stanek has the Soundex code S352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S352.

Questions

Where does the surname Stanek come from?: From Czech Staněk or Polish Stanek.
How common is the surname Stanek?: 5,014 people in the United States had the surname Stanek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,577 Americans. It ranked 6,727th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stanek?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Stanek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Stanek getting more or less common?: More common. 4,907 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,014 in 2010, up 2.2%.