Explore the Family Name Stanich

The meaning of Stanich

Americanized form of Serbian and Croatian Stanić, Slovenian Stanič (see Stanic).

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Stanich has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Stanich was ranked 30,929 in terms of prevalence, which fell to 31,689 by 2010, marking a change of -2.46%. However, the count of individuals with the Stanich surname increased marginally from 710 in 2000 to 729 in 2010, an increase of 2.68%. Proportionally, per 100,000 people, the occurrence of the name Stanich slightly decreased from 0.26 to 0.25.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#30,929	#31,689	-2.46%
Count	710	729	2.68%
Proportion per 100k	0.26	0.25	-3.85%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Stanich

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the surname Stanich identified as White, although there was a slight decrease in this group from 92.82% in 2000 to 89.85% in 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Hispanic saw a notable increase of 35.79%, rising from 3.94% in 2000 to 5.35% in 2010. Additionally, the percentage of individuals identifying with two or more ethnicities increased by 10.43%, from 2.11% in 2000 to 2.33% in 2010. There were no reported individuals with the surname Stanich identifying as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either 2000 or 2010. It is worth noting, however, that in 2010 there was a 1.10% reporting under the Asian/Pacific Islander category, which was not present in the 2000 data.

	2000	2010	Change
White	92.82%	89.85%	-3.2%
Hispanic	3.94%	5.35%	35.79%
Two or More Races	2.11%	2.33%	10.43%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.1%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%