San Sebastian Surname

178,121st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,399 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

San Sebastian Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

San Sebastian Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain1,2721:36,7553,645
Philippines4511:224,47534,584
Argentina4061:105,2798,914
Mexico1711:725,88411,032
France291:2,290,439180,028
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Uruguay111:311,97820,848
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Guatemala41:4,020,6677,726
England31:18,572,686338,250
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: San Sebastián (31), San Sebastiàn (1) & San Sebastían (1) are calculated separately.

San Sebastian (10) may also be a first name.

San Sebastian Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name San Sebastian Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name San Sebastian is borne by more people in Spain than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: San Sebastián, San Sebastiàn or San Sebastían. Click here to see other possible spellings of San Sebastian.

How Common Is The Last Name San Sebastian? popularity and diffusion

The surname San Sebastian is the 178,121st most commonly used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 3,037,743 people. The surname San Sebastian occurs mostly in Europe, where 55 percent of San Sebastian reside; 53 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 53 percent reside in Iberian Europe. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 10 people.

This surname is most frequent in Spain, where it is borne by 1,272 people, or 1 in 36,755. In Spain it is mostly concentrated in: Basque Country, where 66 percent reside, Cantabria, where 12 percent reside and Navarre, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Spain it is found in 27 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 19 percent reside and Argentina, where 17 percent reside.

San Sebastian Last Name Statistics demography

San Sebastian earn notably more than the average income. In Peru they earn 24.8% more than the national average, earning S/. 24,192 per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to San Sebastian
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