Sebesteny Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Montenegro

Sebesteny Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sebesteny Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania281:717,06748,956
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
Hungary151:654,41837,235
England61:9,286,343223,652
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Sebestény (276) & Šebeštény (1) are calculated separately.

Sebesteny Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sebesteny is found in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Sebestény or Šebeštény. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sebesteny? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,106,139th most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. The surname Sebesteny is mostly found in Europe, where 70 percent of Sebesteny reside; 54 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 35 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

Sebesteny is most commonly held in Romania, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 717,067. In Romania it is most frequent in: Hunedoara County, where 100 percent live. Besides Romania this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 23 percent live and Hungary, where 19 percent live.

Sebesteny Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Sebesteny earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 256.25% more than the national average, earning R 846,588 per year and in Canada they earn 60.4% more than the national average, earning $79,694 CAD 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 Sebesteny
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