Sestak Surname

301,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,261 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Estonia

Sestak Surname User-submission:

The surname Sestak is an Anglicization of Czech-Slovakian Šesták and Croatian Šestak, both refer to the number six in some way (a six-fingered person, sixth in the family, or the Sestak coin found in Czechia, Poland, Ukrainian, Belarus, etc.

Read More About This Surname

Sestak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8341:434,60337,429
Brazil671:3,195,13992,032
Germany521:1,548,18292,602
Slovakia441:121,28322,570
Australia411:658,43245,385
Austria371:230,14727,778
England351:1,591,94567,242
Canada331:1,116,53381,834
Czechia201:531,67354,411
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
Norway91:571,36544,190
Croatia81:528,57638,675
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Montenegro51:127,9134,949
Wales41:773,63329,106
Serbia41:1,786,23730,138
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

The alternate forms: Šestak (1,045), Sesták (2), Şestak (1), Šeštak (1) & Śesták (1) are calculated separately.

Sestak Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Sestak is an Anglicization of Czech-Slovakian Šesták and Croatian Šestak, both refer to the number six in some way (a six-fingered person, sixth in the family, or the Sestak coin found in Czechia, Poland, Ukrainian, Belarus, etc.).

- deleted-173293

Sestak Last Name Facts

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

Sestak is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Šestak, Sesták, Şestak, Šeštak or Śesták. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sestak? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 301,281st most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 5,779,180 people. The surname Sestak is mostly found in The Americas, where 74 percent of Sestak reside; 68 percent reside in North America and 68 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 834 people, or 1 in 434,603. In The United States Sestak is most common in: Texas, where 9 percent reside, New York, where 8 percent reside and Ohio, where 8 percent reside. Beside The United States Sestak is found in 34 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 5 percent reside and Germany, where 4 percent reside.

Sestak Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Sestak are 17.25% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.02% registered with the party.

The amount Sestak earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 22.92% less than the national average, earning 266,757 kr per year; in United States they earn 12.44% more than the national average, earning $48,518 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.46% less than the national average, earning $46,969 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
  • 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 Sestak
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis