Stefka

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Stefka is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bulgaria than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • BGBulgaria≈1 in 1.2K(inferred from the name graph)
  • SISlovenia1 in 1.8K
  • HRCroatia1 in 90K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Stefka itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Bulgaria (inferred from the name graph)

≈5,700 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
95 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Bulgaria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

StefkaLatin(measured from records)
СтефкаCyrillic(measured from records)

Locally spelled Štefka in HR Croatia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Stefka counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Stefka is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BG Bulgaria#116≈5,700 est.≈1 in 1.2K—Stefka95
SI Slovenia—1,1631 in 1.8K1.2KStefka6
MK North Macedonia—204as Стефка1 in 10K204—2
US United States—1651 in 2M283Stefka75
IT Italy—≈170 est.≈1 in 378K—Stefka9
HR Croatia—471 in 90K47Štefka10
CY Cyprus—≈12 est.≈1 in 109K—Stefka7

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: SURS — resident population given names; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; State Statistical Office — living population names; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Stefka is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Štefka, Ŝtefka, Stéfka

  • Czech surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, Slovakia, United States, Slovenia

    Languages: Czech, Slovak

    Also written Štefka

  • French given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Belgium

    Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Štefka

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Štefka

  • Finnish name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Štefka

  • Turkish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Štefka

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Štefka

21 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1920194019601980Štefka Drolc, b. 1923Stefka Georgieva, b. 1923Stefka Berova, b. 1942Štefka Kučan, b. 1943Stefka Yordanova, b. 1947Stefka Evstatieva, b. 1947Stefka Savova, b. 1958Stefka Madina, b. 1963Stefka Kostadinova, b. 1965Stefka Yanorova, b. 1969

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 33 sources across 18 countries.

Official registers attesting Stefka
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020160#43,063
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20205#43,063

Reference works 4

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Stefka a male or female name?
Stefka is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Stefka?
In the etymology graph, Stephanie, Stephany and Stefani are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Stefka have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 5.7 thousand people named Stefka in Bulgaria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled stefka.
How common is the name Stefka?
In Slovenia, the national register counted 1,163 people named Stefka in 2025, about 1 in 1.8 thousand residents.
How common is Stefka compared with other names?
In Bulgaria, Stefka is the 116th most common given name of 22,906 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Stefka” — the 116th most common given name in Bulgaria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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