Stoyanov (Bulgarian: Стоянов), feminine Stoyanova (Bulgarian: Стоянова) is a Bulgarian surname. Sometimes, when abroad, the spelling is changed, for instance, to Stoianov or Estoyanoff.
A migration of Jewish families with the name Stoyanov/Stoianov travelled through north out of Bulgaria. The 19th century saw numerous Ashkenazic Jewish Stoyanov families hide in Russian Orthodoxy while remaining strictly observant within their own homes.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Aleksandar Stoyanov (born 1986), Bulgarian footballer
- Angel Stoyanov (ski jumper) (born 1958), Bulgarian ski jumper
- Angel Stoyanov (boxer) (born 1967), Bulgarian boxer
- Blagovest Stoyanov (born 1968), Bulgarian sprint canoer
- Bogdan Stoyanov (born 1987), Bulgarian footballer
- Borislav Stoyanov (born 1985), Bulgarian footballer
- David Stoyanov (born 1991), Bulgarian footballer
- Dimitar Stoyanov (disambiguation), multiple people
- Emil Stoyanov (born 1959), Bulgarian politician
- Fabián Estoyanoff (born 1982), Uruguayan footballer
- Georgi Stoyanov (pentathlete) (born 1947), Bulgarian modern pentathlete
- Georgi Stoyanov (footballer) (born 1983), Bulgarian footballer
- Hristo Stoyanov (born 1953), Bulgarian volleyball player
- Ilian Stoyanov (born 1977), Bulgarian footballer
- Ivan Stoyanov (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ivaylo Stoyanov (born 1990), Bulgarian footballer
- Kaloyan Stoyanov (born 1986), Bulgarian footballer
- Kiro Stojanov (born 1959), Macedonian Greek-Catholic hierarch, Apostolic Exarch of Macedonia (since 2005)
- Kostadin Stoyanov (born 1986), Bulgarian footballer
- Kristiyan Stoyanov (born 2003), Bulgarian footballer
- Krum Stoyanov (born 1992), Bulgarian footballer
- Michael Stoyanov (born 1970), American actor and television writer
- Nikola Stoyanov (1874–1967), Bulgarian scientist, economist and financier
- Nikolai Stojanov (1883–1968), Bulgarian botanist
- Paraskev Stoyanov (1871–1941), Bulgarian surgeon
- Petar Stoyanov (born 1952), President of Bulgaria from 1997 until 2002
- Petar Stoyanov (footballer) (born 1985), Bulgarian footballer
- Petru Stoianov (born 1931), Romanian composer
- Rachel Stoyanov (born 2003), Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
- Rumen Stoyanov (born 1976), Bulgarian footballer
- Stanislav Stoyanov (born 1976), Bulgarian footballer
- Stoyan Stoyanov (1913–1994), Bulgarian fighter ace of the Royal Bulgarian Air Force
- Svetoslav Stoyanov (born 1976), Bulgarian/French badminton player
- Todor Stoyanov (1930–1999), Bulgarian film director and cinematographer
- Velcho Stoyanov (1907–1982), Bulgarian footballer
- Veselin Stoyanov (1902–1969), Bulgarian composer
- Vladimir Stoyanov (born 1969), Bulgarian operatic baritone
- Vladislav Stoyanov (born 1987), Bulgarian footballer
- Yoni Stoyanov (born 2001), Bulgarian footballer
- Yuri Stoyanov (born 1957), Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, musician of Bulgarian descent
- Zahari Stoyanov (1850–1889), Bulgarian revolutionary and historian
- Stoyanova
- Boriana Stoyanova (born 1969), Bulgarian artistic gymnast
- Elena Stoyanova (born 1952), Bulgarian shot putter
- Krassimira Stoyanova (born 1962), Bulgarian soprano
- Mariya Stoyanova (born 1947), Bulgarian basketball player
- Penka Stoyanova (1950–2019), Bulgarian basketball player
- Radka Stoyanova (born 1964), Bulgarian rower
See also
edit- Stoyanova, Kursk Oblast, a rural locality in Kursk Oblast, Russia
- Stojanov