Explore the Family Name Stan

The meaning of Stan

Romanian: from a short form of a Slavic compound personal name based on the element stan ‘become, stay’, e.g. Stanislav or Stanimir. Some characteristic forenames: Romanian Alexandru, Florea, Gheorghe, Mihai, Anca, Dumitru, Floare, Matei, Nicolae, Nicoleta, Niculae, Petre.

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How common is the last name Stan in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Stan has seen a considerable increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 27,085th most popular, but it had risen to the 25,620th place by 2010, marking a 5.41% change. Additionally, the count of individuals with this surname increased from 841 to 963 during this decade, an impressive growth of 14.51%. The proportion of people named Stan per 100,000 also increased slightly from 0.31 to 0.33.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#27,085	#25,620	5.41%
Count	841	963	14.51%
Proportion per 100k	0.31	0.33	6.45%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Stan

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Stan also shifted significantly from 2000 to 2010 according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. While the majority of individuals with this surname identified as White in both years (88.23% in 2000 and 90.76% in 2010), other ethnic identities saw notable changes. The percentage of Stans identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander dropped by 37.35%, and those identifying as two or more races or American Indian and Alaskan Native were suppressed for privacy reasons in 2010. Meanwhile, the percentage of Stans identifying as Black increased significantly by 42.37%, and the percentage identifying as Hispanic decreased slightly by 1.75%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	88.23%	90.76%	2.87%
Black	3.21%	4.57%	42.37%
Hispanic	2.85%	2.8%	-1.75%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.66%	1.04%	-37.35%
Two or More Races	3.45%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.59%	0%	0%