Find out how popular the last name Stanislaus is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Stanislaus.

Stanislaus, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Stanislaus surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Stanislaus in America

Stanislaus is the 40976th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Stanislaus surname appeared 532 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Stanislaus.

We can also compare 2010 data for Stanislaus to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Stanislaus

The surname Stanislaus has its origins in Poland, stemming from the medieval Polish name Stanisław, which itself is derived from the Slavic elements "stanu" meaning "to stand" and "slav" meaning "glory". This name was popular during the Middle Ages and was borne by several notable historical figures, including St. Stanislaus, the patron saint of Poland.

The earliest recorded instances of the name Stanislaus can be traced back to the 11th century, appearing in various Polish chronicles and manuscripts. One of the earliest known bearers of this surname was Stanislaus of Szczepanów (c. 1030-1079), a Polish bishop and martyr who was canonized as a saint in 1253.

The surname Stanislaus has also been associated with several place names in Poland, such as the town of Stanislawow (now Ivano-Frankivsk in Ukraine), which was named after King Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski (1732-1798), the last monarch of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Throughout history, there have been several notable individuals who bore the surname Stanislaus. One of the most prominent was Stanislaus Kostka (1550-1568), a Polish novice of the Society of Jesus who was canonized as a saint in 1726. Another famous bearer of this name was Stanislaus Leszczynski (1677-1766), a Polish nobleman who served as King of Poland from 1704 to 1709 and later as Duke of Lorraine.

In the realm of science and academia, the surname Stanislaus is associated with figures such as Stanislaus Smoluchowski (1872-1917), a Polish physicist and pioneer in the field of statistical mechanics, and Stanislaus Lem (1921-2006), a renowned Polish writer of science fiction and philosophical literature.

The surname Stanislaus has also been found in various historical records and documents outside of Poland, including the Domesday Book of England, which mentions a landowner named Stanislaus in the county of Gloucestershire during the 11th century.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Stanislaus

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Stanislaus.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Stanislaus was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Stanislaus has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Stanislaus was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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