Stepanek: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

Stepanek is a Polish surname. Smith's 1956 dictionary gives the meaning “descendant of little Stefan (crown or garland)”.

Surname origin

It is a patronymic: it named a person after a father or forebear.

About 1,345 people in the United States were recorded as Stepanek in 2010, placing it 19,945 on the national list. That puts it among the top 25,000 US surnames.

Arms associated with the name

There is no single Stepanek family crest for all bearers; the honest first step is to find out which Stepanek line, if any, bore arms.

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