The Stec surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,215 people carried this name — #13,670 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 133,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 2,183 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Stec surname
From Polish Stec or Steć.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Stec» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
11,429 people named Stec have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 12,519 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 Subcarpathian.
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 83 people named Stec.
39 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 72 people named Stec live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Catamarca.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
21 people named Stec live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
40 people named Stec is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Stec,
with a public archive behind them.
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Stefan Stec 1889–1921 · engineer -
Stefan Stec 1889–1921 · engineer
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Kazimierz Stec 1925–1999 -
Alois Stec 1907–
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Ervin Stec 1926–2003
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Zbigniew Stec 1935–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Stec.
- Staudt 1,814 · U.S. census
- Stauffer 15,821 · U.S. census
- Stawski 397 · U.S. census
- Stebe 130 · U.S. census
- Stebel 125 · U.S. census
- Stebler 138 · U.S. census
- Stecher 896 · U.S. census
- Steck 3,564 · U.S. census
- Steckler 1,529 · U.S. census
- Steeg 351 · U.S. census
- Steen 12,989 · U.S. census
- Stefan 3,013 · U.S. census
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