Sebesta Surname
Approximately 2,646 people bear this surname
Sebesta Surname User-submission:
Sebesta is a Czech-Slovakian surname, denoting a descendant of Šebastián (belonging to Sebastian; 'revered place'; via sebastos, meaning 'revered', 'admired', or 'respected').
Sebesta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,870 | 1:193,828 | 19,147 |
| Austria | 235 | 1:36,236 | 5,862 |
| Poland | 175 | 1:217,193 | 28,426 |
| Canada | 106 | 1:347,600 | 31,502 |
| Germany | 86 | 1:936,110 | 65,790 |
| Argentina | 32 | 1:1,335,732 | 76,713 |
| Czechia | 26 | 1:408,980 | 46,580 |
| Sweden | 18 | 1:547,042 | 39,827 |
| Switzerland | 16 | 1:513,307 | 36,405 |
| Hungary | 16 | 1:613,517 | 35,830 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Slovakia | 12 | 1:444,704 | 54,815 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
The alternate forms: Šebesta (3,048) are calculated separately.
Sebesta (17) may also be a first name.
Sebesta Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Sebesta is a Czech-Slovakian surname, denoting a descendant of Šebastián (belonging to Sebastian; 'revered place'; via sebastos, meaning 'revered', 'admired', or 'respected').
- deleted-173293Sebesta Demographics
Average Sebesta Salary in
United States
$44,521 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sebesta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sebesta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sebesta occurs most in The United States. It can appear as a variant: Šebesta. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sebesta? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 164,010th most widely held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,754,175 people. The last name Sebesta is primarily found in The Americas, where 76 percent of Sebesta live; 75 percent live in North America and 75 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring forename worldwide, held by 17 people.
This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 1,870 people, or 1 in 193,828. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 44 percent live, New York, where 6 percent live and California, where 5 percent live. Not including The United States Sebesta is found in 27 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 9 percent live and Poland, where 7 percent live.
Sebesta Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sebesta surname are 29.13% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 75.9% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sebesta earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 22.45% less than the national average, earning 268,392 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 62.88% less than the national average, earning R 88,212 per year; in United States they earn 3.18% more than the national average, earning $44,521 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.4% more than the national average, earning $52,861 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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