Šestan Surname
Approximately 1,723 people bear this surname
Šestan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 1,278 | 1:3,309 | 315 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 274 | 1:12,907 | 2,506 |
| Slovenia | 143 | 1:17,396 | 4,037 |
| Serbia | 25 | 1:285,798 | 14,883 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
The alternate forms: Sestan (452) are calculated separately.
Šestan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Šestan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Šestan is found most frequently in Croatia. It can also be found as: Sestan. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Šestan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 233,904th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,229,568 people. Šestan is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Šestan live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
This surname is most frequently held in Croatia, where it is borne by 1,278 people, or 1 in 3,309. In Croatia Šestan is most common in: Istria County, where 39 percent are found, Zadar County, where 23 percent are found and Međimurje County, where 7 percent are found. Other than Croatia this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 16 percent are found and Slovenia, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Šestan
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