Sebastiaan Surname

1,701,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sebastiaan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sebastiaan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1031:525,99742,056
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Sebastiaan (13,860) may also be a first name.

Sebastiaan Last Name Facts

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

Sebastiaan is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sebastiaan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sebastiaan is the 1,701,480th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Sebastiaan live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sebastiaan is also the 48,967th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 13,860 people.

Sebastiaan is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 525,997. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 91 percent reside, Gauteng, where 7 percent reside and Northern Cape, where 2 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 7 percent reside and Belgium, where 1 percent reside.

Sebastiaan Last Name Statistics demography

Sebastiaan earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 80.86% less than the national average, earning R 45,480 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sebastian95168,418/
Sebastiane90197/
Sebastijan9094/
Soebastian9074/
Sebasthian9034/
Seabastian9012/
Sebhastian9011/
Sebasstian9010/
Sebastiann908/
Sebasttian905/
Seebastian905/
Sebastiean905/
Sebaastian904/
Sebatstian904/
Sebastiant903/
Ssebastian903/
Saebastian901/
Sebeastian901/
Sesbastian901/
Sabastiaan901/
Sebastgian901/
Sebastianh901/
Sebatian89169/
Sebastianne862/
Sabastian842,141/
Sebastyan841,267/
Sevastian841,083/
Sebestian84454/
Sebastián84323/
Sebastion84255/
Sibastian8469/
Sobastian8435/
Sebastjan8435/
Cebastian8422/
Sebostian8413/
Sebastiam8412/
Sebastean848/
Sebathian848/
Sewastian848/
Sebaztian847/
Zebastian846/
Gebastian844/
Sebatiane843/
Jebastian842/
Sébastian842/
Sebastiàn842/
Sebastiãn841/
Sebaatian841/
Sebástian841/
Sebattian841/
Sebastían841/
Sybastian840/
Sebastianová823/
Sebasttyan80186/
Shebestian8039/
Sebasthyan8014/
Sevasthian8014/
Sebhastyan8012/
Shabastian806/
Šebastijan803/
Cebastiant802/
Sabashtian801/
Sabhastian801/
Saabastian801/
Seabastion801/
Sebeastion801/
Sesbastion801/
Sabaastian801/
Sebastione801/
Sebastyane801/
Sabastiahn801/
Sebation7810/
Sibatian782/
Sebatián782/
Sebastião74156,937/
Sebatjane74725/
Sobestian74260/
Sevathian74188/
Sevastyan74102/
Sevostian7472/
Sabestian7439/
Sebostyan7431/
Soibatian7416/
Cevastian749/
Sabastion747/
Sebestjan743/
Sebestion742/
Sebattyan741/
Sevastion741/
Sewastjan741/
Sewostian741/
Shibatian741/
Sempatian741/
Sebasteon741/
Sevastianova731,898/
Sebastyanova73113/
Sebastjanova731/
Seevathian70120/
Siewastjan703/
Sebazttiam702/
Saibastyan701/
Sebosttyan701/
Sesbastião701/
Sevasthean701/
Saebastião701/
Sebatião679/
Sibatyan675/
Sivatian673/
Sevatyan672/
Sevathaiyan671/

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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 Sebastiaan
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