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.Wiktor Wittyg, Stanisław Dziadulewicz, Nieznana szlachta polska i jej herby, 1908, p.303
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 The marriage name of Elena Laumenskienė, Lithuanian composer, music educator, and pianist References