# Stepan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/stepan/  
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 Czech.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Czech |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 790 |
| US rank (2010) | 29,768 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 390,817 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.7% (804 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

(given name) From Russian Степа́н (Stepán, “Stephen”), from Greek Στέφανος (Stéfanos). Doublet of Stephen. :(surname) From Czech Štěpán.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Stepan 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) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Stepan in the United States.

## People named Stepan

- Derek Stepan, American ice hockey player
- Marilee Stepan, American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist

## Similar surnames

Stepney, Stevens, Stephens, Stephenson, Steffen, Stephen, Stephan, Stefan, Steven, Stefanski, Stefani, Steffan.

## 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.