Šest Surname
Approximately 174 people bear this surname
Šest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 92 | 1:27,040 | 5,656 |
| Croatia | 82 | 1:51,568 | 9,854 |
The alternate forms: Sest (153) are calculated separately.
Šest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Šest Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Šest is carried by more people in Slovenia than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Sest. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Šest? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,300,225th most frequent family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 41,882,448 people. Šest is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Šest reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
Šest is most frequent in Slovenia, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 27,040. In Slovenia it is most numerous in: Central Slovenia, where 46 percent reside, Upper Carniola, where 37 percent reside and Drava, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Slovenia it occurs in one country. It is also found in Croatia, where 47 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sest | 92 | 153 | / |
| Šet | 86 | 7 | / |
| Zest | 75 | 88 | / |
| Šeat | 75 | 65 | / |
| Cest | 75 | 50 | / |
| Xest | 75 | 1 | / |
| Šeit | 75 | 1 | / |
| Šestova | 73 | 2 | / |
| Soest | 67 | 754 | / |
| Ceste | 67 | 352 | / |
| Chest | 67 | 345 | / |
| Seest | 67 | 271 | / |
| Shest | 67 | 208 | / |
| Zeist | 67 | 74 | / |
| Siest | 67 | 70 | / |
| Seist | 67 | 38 | / |
| Cesth | 67 | 16 | / |
| Zeest | 67 | 13 | / |
| Sesth | 67 | 13 | / |
| Seste | 67 | 11 | / |
| Sesht | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ceest | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sehst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ceist | 67 | 1 | / |
| Szest | 67 | 1 | / |
| Še | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seast | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zeast | 67 | 0 | / |
| Zesth | 67 | 0 | / |
| Zeyst | 67 | 0 | / |
| Ceast | 67 | 0 | / |
| Sestz | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Šest
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis