How common is the surname Sebesta?

1,295 people in the United States had the surname Sebesta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,414 Americans. It ranked 20,491st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sebesta?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sebesta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Sebesta getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,296 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,295 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Sebesta

A surname, carried by 1,295 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S123

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sebesta is more common than 87.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,295 people named Sebesta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 238,414 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,296.

#20,491

rank among US surnames

1,295

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #19,343)

Who is named Sebesta

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Sebesta identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sebesta

Sebastian

Sebesta has the Soundex code S123, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S123.

Questions

How common is the surname Sebesta?: 1,295 people in the United States had the surname Sebesta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,414 Americans. It ranked 20,491st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sebesta?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sebesta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Sebesta getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,296 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,295 in 2010, down 0.1%.