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
Šest is found in Slovenia more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Sest. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Šest? popularity and diffusion
The last name Šest is the 1,300,225th most numerous family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. Šest is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Šest are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
The last name is most widely held in Slovenia, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 27,040. In Slovenia Šest is most common in: Central Slovenia, where 46 percent live, Upper Carniola, where 37 percent live and Drava, where 9 percent live. Other than Slovenia this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Croatia, where 47 percent live.
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