San Sebastián Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

San Sebastián Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

San Sebastián Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain231:2,032,69753,462
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295

The alternate forms: San Sebastian (2,399), San Sebastiàn (1) & San Sebastían (1) are calculated separately.

San Sebastián Last Name Facts

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

The surname San Sebastián is found most in Spain. It may also be found as a variant: San Sebastian, San Sebastiàn or San Sebastían. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

This last name is the 3,543,123rd most frequent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 74 percent of San Sebastián live; 74 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 74 percent live in Iberian Europe.

San Sebastián is most commonly used in Spain, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 2,032,697. In Spain it is most prevalent in: Basque Country, where 30 percent are found, Navarre, where 30 percent are found and Madrid, where 22 percent are found. Not including Spain it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 13 percent are found and Mexico, where 3 percent are found.

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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
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  • 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 Sebastián
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