The Stanek surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 4,907 people carried this name — #6,391 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,900 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
7,761 people named Stanek have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 8,575 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 107 people named Stanek.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
102 people named Stanek live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Stanek.
- Stalder 1,518 · U.S. census
- Stalter 2,110 · U.S. census
- Stamm 5,480 · U.S. census
- Stammler 113 · U.S. census
- Stamper 12,729 · U.S. census
- Standaert 237 · U.S. census
- Stang 3,262 · U.S. census
- Stanislas 122 · U.S. census
- Stanislawski 864 · U.S. census
- Stankiewicz 2,720 · U.S. census
- Stanko 2,735 · U.S. census
- Stankovic 435 · U.S. census
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