Stanek is a Polish-language gender-neutral surname. Obsolete feminine forms are Stankowa (married) and Stankówna (maiden). It originated as a diminutive of the given name Stanisław.
It is also a Polish noble surname belonging to the Pobóg clan.[1]
The Czech-language variant of the surname is Staněk.
Notable people with this surname include:
- Al Stanek, American baseball player
- Jim Stanek, American actor
- Ryan Stanek, drummer with Broken Hope
- Ryne Stanek, baseball player
- Sonja Stanek, Austrian figure skater
- Hanna Stankówna, Polish actress
- A marriage name of Elena Laumenskienė, Lithuanian composer, music educator, and pianist
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