Stanciu

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Stanciu is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Romania than in any other country, where it is the 13th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Romanian Stanciu.

rarermore common
  • RORomania≈1 in 700(inferred from the name graph)
  • MDMoldova≈1 in 6K
  • ESSpain1 in 33K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Romania (inferred from the name graph)

≈30,000 people, est.

Sources
169 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 700 (inferred from the name graph)

Romania, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from Romanian Stanciu.

Sources 1

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Stanciu 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 Stanciu is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RO Romania#13≈30,000 est.≈1 in 700—Stanciu117
IT Italy—≈1,600 est.≈1 in 39K—Stanciu42
ES Spain—1,5231 in 33K1.5KStanciu46
MD Moldova#114≈560 est.≈1 in 6K—Stanciu17
FR France—≈480 est.≈1 in 141K10—3
NO Norway—1601 in 34K160—10

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: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)

Stanciu is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Romania, Spain, United States, Uruguay

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Śtanciǔ

41 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)

1900195020002050Constantin Stanciu, b. 1911Simion Stanciu, b. 1943Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu, b. 1962Liana Stanciu, b. 1971Nicolae Stanciu, b. 1973Florentina Grecu-Stanciu, b. 1982Lucian-Daniel Stanciu-Viziteu, b. 1984Daniela Stanciu, b. 1987Nicușor Stanciu, b. 1993Raul Stanciu, b. 2007

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 23 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Stanciu
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—1.5K#3,068
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—1.5K#3,067
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—160#9,859
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199110—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19817—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19613—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19513—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19313—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19712—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19211—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19111—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941——

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

What does the name Stanciu mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Romanian Stanciu. Recorded by Wiktionary.
In which country does Stanciu have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 30 thousand people named Stanciu in Romania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled stanciu.
How common is the name Stanciu?
In Spain, the national register counted 1,523 people named Stanciu, about 1 in 33 thousand residents.
How common is Stanciu compared with other names?
In Romania, Stanciu is the 13th most common surname of 78,699 surnames 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, “Stanciu” — the 13th most common surname in Romania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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