Sestra Surname

1,177,228th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 202 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Estonia

Sestra Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sestra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia971:1,485,805102,006
Indonesia211:6,297,581275,398
Bulgaria111:634,44625,919
Tajikistan91:931,8555,350
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Croatia61:704,76744,411
Belarus51:1,900,21297,012
Bosnia and Herzegovina51:707,28014,781
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
North Macedonia41:525,36820,918
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Latvia31:683,34934,074
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Azerbaijan21:4,824,56142,415
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
France11:66,422,722504,397
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Sestra (162) may also be a first name.

Sestra Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sestra (Georgian: სესტრა, Hindi: सेस्त्रा, Russian: Сестра) has its highest incidence in Russia. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sestra? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sestra is the 1,177,228th most prevalent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 36,076,960 people. The last name Sestra occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Sestra live; 42 percent live in Eastern Europe and 37 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Sestra is also the 720,105th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 162 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Russia, where it is borne by 97 people, or 1 in 1,485,805. In Russia Sestra is most frequent in: Moscow, where 25 percent reside, Saint Petersburg, where 10 percent reside and Kabardino-Balkar Republic, where 7 percent reside. Beside Russia it occurs in 29 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 10 percent reside and Bulgaria, where 5 percent reside.

Sestra Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Sestra surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shestra9251/
Siestra9232/
Sestrap9226/
Sestras924/
Setra911,669/
Sietstra8667/
Sheshtra8612/
Shesthra863/
Szestras861/
Sastra837,679/
Cestra831,380/
Gestra83214/
Shetra83136/
Setrat83133/
Seatra8397/
Sistra8388/
Sestre8384/
Sõstra8359/
Sestri8346/
Settra8338/
Sietra8325/
Sestry8318/
Systra8318/
Sostra8317/
Setras8311/
Sestro838/
Zestra838/
Sethra838/
Seetra835/
Jestra832/
Setray832/
Sextra831/
Setrah831/
Sheshthra801/
Zestrea7760/
Zetstra7748/
Shastra7729/
Chestra7728/
Sistrat7725/
Giestra7720/
Seetras7719/
Sytstra7715/
Shestri776/
Shettra774/
Sestres774/
Syostra773/
Sexstro772/
Seetrai772/
Sahstra771/
Sastrai771/
Sastray771/
Sastrha771/
Shetrai771/
Seshtry771/
Shetray771/
Sietrra771/
Zeistra771/
Settrah771/
Sethrai771/
Cetra731,064/
Sitra73793/
Setro73238/
Sytra73144/
Zetra7347/
Sätra732/
Çetra731/
Seastres71509/
Gestraud71189/
Sestrich71173/
Gestreau7132/
Sahastra7117/
Shesthri7113/
Shastrai713/
Shetreat712/
Shastray711/
Chestrad711/
Sihstrai711/
Sitstrap710/
Seatrait710/
Sastro672,194/
Sitrap671,828/
Sextro67533/
Gestro67505/
Sitrat67357/
Suitra67338/
Sitrai67292/
Saytra67187/
Sitera67167/
Chetra67147/
Settro67134/
Cestre67107/
Shytra6787/
Cetraz6780/
Xystra6775/
Sistro6754/
Sistri6738/
Cestro6737/
Shitra6736/
Saitra6729/
Cettra6724/
Xistra6723/
Jistra6722/
Shetro6722/
Sittra6720/
Sithra6719/
Sistre6718/
Setrey6716/
Sitray6713/
Sehtro6711/
Setrou6710/
Zestre679/
Zastra679/
Sostro678/
Cetras676/
Sitraj674/
Sytera673/
Zystra673/
Sitrea672/
Seastress672/
Setroh672/
Sitras672/
Cetray671/
Xhetra671/
Shashthra671/
Zestro671/
Jestro671/
Sethro671/
Setrot671/
Sitrau671/
Sitraz671/
Schostrau671/
Sitrah671/
Chestrath670/
Seatro670/

Sestra Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sestra in the Georgian language
სესტრაsestra-
Sestra in the Hindi language
सेस्त्राsestra-
Sestra in the Russian language
Сестраsestra-

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sestra
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