Sebastiao Surname

4,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115,391 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
Angola

Sebastiao Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sebastiao Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Angola89,1301:30357
Mozambique15,4501:1,765422
Brazil8,4521:25,3281,129
Portugal1,1701:8,904787
United States3141:1,154,32882,787
France1981:335,46850,650
South Africa1351:401,31635,360
Canada1171:314,92028,951
Namibia791:30,4994,636
Argentina771:555,10940,132
England621:898,67846,462
Belgium361:319,35136,407
India261:29,502,515369,827
Switzerland221:373,31428,226
Spain201:2,337,60257,118
Netherlands181:938,17663,634
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Czechia91:1,181,49785,740
Paraguay71:1,033,8219,769
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Sebastiaõ (37), Sebastiáo (5), Sebastiâo (3), Sébastiao (1) & Sebastiāo (1) are calculated separately.

Sebastiao (772,376) may also be a first name.

Sebastiao Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sebastiao (Marathi: सेबसटीओ) is borne by more people in Angola than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Sebastiaõ, Sebastiáo, Sebastiâo, Sébastiao or Sebastiāo. For other possible spellings of Sebastiao click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sebastiao? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,898th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 63,155 people. The last name Sebastiao occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Sebastiao live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 1,227th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 772,376 people.

This last name is most frequent in Angola, where it is carried by 89,130 people, or 1 in 303. Beside Angola it exists in 48 countries. It is also common in Mozambique, where 13 percent reside and Brazil, where 7 percent reside.

Sebastiao Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Sebastiao are 45.68% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 98.91% registered with the political party.

The amount Sebastiao earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 0.83% more than the national average, earning R 239,616 per year; in United States they earn 10.88% more than the national average, earning $47,842 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.85% more than the national average, earning $51,098 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sebastiao Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sebastiao in the Marathi language
सेबसटीओsebasati'o-

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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
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