Stanko

English

Etymology

• As a common Slavic surname, from Polish, Slovak, Ukrainian, Carpathian Rusyn, and Slovene Stanko, a pet form of Stanislav, Stanisław, based on stan (“to stay”), from Proto-Slavic *stojati (“to stand”). Compare Stanco, Stanjko.
• Also possibly shortened from Stankowski and its variations, such as Serbo-Croatian Stanković and Slovak Stankovič. See Stankovic.

Also compare Stank.

Proper noun

Stanko (plural Stankos)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Stanko is the 11116^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2853 individuals. Stanko is most common among White (94.39%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Stanko”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Konats, on task