Sebestyn Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Sebestyn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sebestyn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Šebestýn (3) are calculated separately.

Sebestyn Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sebestyn is carried by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Šebestýn. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sebestyn.

How Common Is The Last Name Sebestyn? popularity and diffusion

Sebestyn is the 6,063,924th most common last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Sebestyn occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Sebestyn are found; 30 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 30 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in Romania, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 6,692,623. Not including Romania Sebestyn occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.

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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 Sebestyn
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