Stefanov
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/sʈɛfənɑv/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Stefanov is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bulgaria than in any other country, where it is the 23rd most common surname. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Bulgarian Стефанов (Stefanov).
- BGBulgaria≈1 in 704(inferred from the name graph)
- RURussia≈1 in 71Kas Стефанов
- RSSerbia≈1 in 11K
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 Stefanov 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)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 142 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 704 (inferred from the name graph)
≈9,900 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Bulgaria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Стефанов in RU Russia, MK North Macedonia, CN China.
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(measured from records)
Borrowed from Bulgarian Стефанов (Stefanov).
Sources 1
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Stefanov 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BG Bulgaria | #23 | ≈9,900 est. | ≈1 in 704 | — | Stefanov | 142 |
| CN China | — | ≈6,000 est. | ≈1 in 232K | — | Стефанов | 2 |
| RU Russia | — | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 71K | — | Стефанов | 120 |
| ES Spain | — | 797 | 1 in 63K | 797 | Stefanov | 46 |
| RS Serbia | — | ≈640 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Stefanov | 19 |
| RO Romania | — | ≈460 est. | ≈1 in 47K | — | Stefanov | 15 |
| MK North Macedonia | #619 | 51as Стефанов | 1 in 42K | 51 | Стефанов | 10 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 41 | 1 in 51K | 41 | — | 3 |
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); State Statistical Office — living population names; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Boris Stefanovb. 1883BGRomanian politician (1883-1969)
- Boris Stefanoffb. 1894BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian botanist (1894-1979)
- Vassil Stefanovb. 1913BGconductor
- Bogdan Stefanov Dobranovb. 1914BGBulgarian Roman Catholic priest
- Stefan Stefanovb. 1936BGBulgarian actor (1936-2025)
- Valeri Stefanovb. 1958BGBulgarian writer
- Vrbica Stefanovb. 1973MKMacedonian basketball player (born 1973)
- Rosen Stefanovb. 1974BGset decorator
- Riste Stefanovb. 1981MKMacedonian basketball player (born 1981)
- Iliyan Stefanovb. 1998BGBulgarian footballer
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 33 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 797 | #5,413 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 797 | #5,410 |
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 41 | #8,756 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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 Stefanov mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Bulgarian Стефанов (Stefanov). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Stefanov?
- A machine transcription gives /sʈɛfənɑv/ (IPA) for Bulgarian.
- In which country does Stefanov have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 9.9 thousand people named Stefanov in Bulgaria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled stefanov.
- How common is the name Stefanov?
- In Spain, the national register counted 797 people named Stefanov, about 1 in 63 thousand residents.
- How common is Stefanov compared with other names?
- In Bulgaria, Stefanov is the 23rd most common surname of 67,606 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Stefanov?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/stefanovThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Stefanov” — the 23rd most common surname in Bulgaria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.