# Stanislaus (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/stanislaus/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from the Slavic languages.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 532 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,976 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 580,349 people |
| Change since 2000 | +21% (440 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈstænɪslɔːs/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Latin form of a Slavic name, Станисла́в (Stanisláv) in Russian and Станислав (Stanislav) in Bulgarian, famous in the history of Poland, from the Proto-Slavic elements *stati (“to stand, become”) + *slàva (“glory”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Stanislaus in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 26% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 46% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 18% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 7.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Similar surnames

Stancil, Stansbury, Stang, Stansell, Stansfield, Stangl, Stansel, Stankus, Staniszewski, Stanis, Stinson, Steinke.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.