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The Stojanovic surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 624 people carried this name — #35,945 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 40% from 447 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Stojanovic surname

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Stojanović.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Stojanovic» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,618 people named Stojanovic live in Switzerland.

They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 420
St. Gallen 198
Aargau 191
Vaud 153
Bern 135
Lucerne 119
Ticino 86
Solothurn 55

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 177 people named Stojanovic.

Most of them — 164 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Paris.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 164
Paris 4
Seine-Saint-Denis 3
Doubs 2
Bas-Rhin 2
Isère 1
Nord 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

576 people named Stojanovic is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 576

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).

In print

Stojanovic in American newspapers,
1890–1963.

Newspaper page from Desoto Times carrying the name Stojanovic
Desoto Times 1890-01-23
Newspaper page from Minnesotské Noviny carrying the name Stojanovic
Minnesotské Noviny 1912-12-05
Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name Stojanovic
The Milwaukee Leader 1921-05-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 141 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Stojanovic,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mihajlo Stojanovic
    Mihajlo Stojanovic 1977– · chess player
  • Isidora Stojanovic 1973– · researcher
  • Josipa Stojanovic 1989– · basketball player
  • Romana Stojanovic 1993– · basketball player
  • Filip Stojanovic 1995– · basketball player

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

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