Bastian Surname
Approximately 48,142 people bear this surname
Bastian Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Sebastian.' In early though rare use in Cornwall and south-west England, where Spanish influence would be expected to prevail. Popularly Bastian; compare French Bastien, which perhaps had its effect on Basten.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 11,938 | 1:6,744 | 832 |
| Indonesia | 9,974 | 1:13,259 | 1,673 |
| United States | 9,088 | 1:39,883 | 4,906 |
| France | 3,498 | 1:18,989 | 2,154 |
| Philippines | 2,625 | 1:38,567 | 5,980 |
| Mexico | 2,003 | 1:61,970 | 2,915 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,681 | 1:12,379 | 1,773 |
| Australia | 1,361 | 1:19,835 | 2,749 |
| Brazil | 1,245 | 1:171,947 | 6,632 |
| Bahamas | 750 | 1:522 | 108 |
| Argentina | 479 | 1:89,235 | 7,517 |
| India | 435 | 1:1,763,369 | 63,044 |
| Poland | 354 | 1:107,369 | 16,238 |
| Canada | 341 | 1:108,052 | 11,605 |
| England | 338 | 1:164,846 | 15,309 |
| South Africa | 265 | 1:204,444 | 21,800 |
| Spain | 259 | 1:180,510 | 12,735 |
| Netherlands | 229 | 1:73,743 | 12,495 |
| Switzerland | 221 | 1:37,163 | 5,383 |
| Iran | 204 | 1:376,385 | 24,618 |
| Chile | 103 | 1:171,034 | 5,644 |
| Luxembourg | 99 | 1:5,864 | 863 |
| Denmark | 96 | 1:58,799 | 5,983 |
| Paraguay | 60 | 1:120,612 | 2,672 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 43 | 1:2,567 | 442 |
| Thailand | 40 | 1:1,765,959 | 222,048 |
| Malaysia | 39 | 1:756,262 | 35,302 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Austria | 33 | 1:258,043 | 30,255 |
| Guyana | 32 | 1:23,819 | 2,802 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Peru | 20 | 1:1,589,206 | 22,980 |
| Belgium | 19 | 1:605,087 | 54,956 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:162,870 | 11,152 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Cuba | 13 | 1:886,363 | 6,304 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Venezuela | 11 | 1:2,745,825 | 29,869 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Uruguay | 5 | 1:686,352 | 29,886 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| British Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:6,319 | 600 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 164 | 1:148,630 | 13,165 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,338 | 1:37,533 | 4,450 |
The alternate forms: Bastián (24) are calculated separately.
Bastian (24,684) may also be a first name.
Bastian Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Sebastian.' In early though rare use in Cornwall and south-west England, where Spanish influence would be expected to prevail. Popularly Bastian; compare French Bastien, which perhaps had its effect on Basten.
William, son of Sebastian Trevethan, buried 1607: Reg. St. Columb Major.
William, son of Bastian Trevithan, bapt. 1599: ibid.
1565-0. Bastian Bumfoy and Juliana Francke: Marriage Lic. (London).
1603. Buried — Richard Bastian: St. Dionis Backchurch.
1611. William Bastian or Bastin: Register of the University of Oxford.
1796. Married — Bastien Chevrey and Joanna Gale: St. George, Hanover Square.
The form Bastion occurs in the Devonport Directory, Devon.
Diminutive forms of Sebastian, q.v.
(Dutch, English, French) Descendant of Bastian, a pet form of Sebastian (venerable).
Bastian Demographics
Average Male Bastian Height
175.8 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Bastian Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bastian Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bastian (Arabic: باستيان, Hindi: बैस्टीयन, Marathi: तीयन, Russian: Бастиан) has its highest incidence in Germany. It may be rendered as a variant: Bastián. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bastian? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 11,670th most common last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 151,376 people. The last name Bastian is mostly found in Europe, where 36 percent of Bastian are found; 33 percent are found in Western Europe and 26 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 32,334th most frequent first name on earth, held by 24,684 people.
The surname Bastian is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 11,938 people, or 1 in 6,744. In Germany Bastian is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 14 percent live and Hesse, where 13 percent live. Beside Germany it exists in 87 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 21 percent live and The United States, where 19 percent live.
Bastian Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bastian has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bastian surname expanded 679 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 206 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 1,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bastian Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Bastian surname are 19.91% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.68% registered with the political party.
The amount Bastian earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 20.31% more than the national average, earning 416,361 kr per year; in Peru they earn 214.44% more than the national average, earning S/. 60,955 per year; in South Africa they earn 8.64% less than the national average, earning R 217,116 per year; in United States they earn 1.52% more than the national average, earning $43,806 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.54% more than the national average, earning $51,940 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bastian Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bastian in the Hindi language | ||
| बैस्टीयन | baistiyana | 50 |
| वैस्टीयन | vaistiyana | 50 |
| Bastian in the Marathi language | ||
| तीयन | tiyana | 50 |
| तीअन | ti'ana | 37.5 |
| बसितयन | basitayana | 12.5 |
| Bastian in the Russian language | ||
| Бастиан | bastian | - |
| Bastian in the Arabic language | ||
| باستيان | bastyan | - |
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