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
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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
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