Šebesta

surname · Latin script

/ʃɛbɛsta/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Šebesta is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 4.1K(measured from records)
  • SKSlovakia1 in 12K
  • PLPoland1 in 214K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Czechia (measured from records)

2,638 people

Sources
55 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 4.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Sebesta in US United States, SK Slovakia, PL Poland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Šebesta counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Šebesta is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia#6222,6381 in 4.1K2.6KŠebesta55
US United States—1,2951 in 257K1.3KSebesta42
SK Slovakia#3804631 in 12K463Sebesta26
PL Poland—1791 in 214K98Sebesta25
AR Argentina—281 in 1.6M28——
CH Switzerland—211 in 400K21—3

2,638 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: MVČR — living population register 2017; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Šebesta is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Croatian surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States

    Also written Sebesta

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Sebesta

  • English surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Argentina

    Languages: English, Spanish, German

    Also written Sebesta

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Sebesta

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Mali, Canada

    Also written Sebesta

  • Turkish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Sebesta

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1700180019002000Franz Anton Sebastini, b. 1725Paul Schebesta, b. 1887Jakub Šebesta, b. 1888Štefan Šebesta, b. 1912Giuseppe Šebesta, b. 1919Karel Šebesta, b. 1921Milan Sebesta, b. 1945Jakub Šebesta, b. 1948Ivan Sebesta, b. 1959
  • Franz Anton Sebastinib. 1725CZnot in their usual namepainter (c.1725-1789)
  • Paul Schebestab. 1887DEnot in their usual nameGerman priest (1887–1968)
  • Jakub Šebestab. 1888CZCzech literature historian and translator
  • Štefan Šebestab. 1912SKCzechoslovak minister of transport of the Slovakia, minister of construction and technic of the Slovakia, member of Slovak National Council, member of Czechoslovak national parliament and slovak nation politician (1912-1994)
  • Giuseppe Šebestab. 1919ITItalian writer, artist, ethnographer and scientific documentary maker
  • Karel Šebestab. 1921CZCzech actor
  • Milan Sebestab. 1945CZCzech film director
  • Jakub Šebestab. 1948CZCzech minister of agriculture of the CR and minister of environment of the CR
  • Ivan Sebestab. 1959CZresearcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-0917-7967
  • Martin ŠebestaSKresearcher ORCID ID = 0000-0001-7830-5064

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalVážený pane / paní Šebesta,Dear Šebesta, (English)
InformalVážený pane / paní Šebesta,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Šebesta
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—2.6K#410
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—2.6K#409
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—2.6K#409
SK SlovakiaJÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census)1995463—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20266—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—6#187,142
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20263—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—3#287,567

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Šebesta?
A machine transcription gives /ʃɛbɛsta/ (IPA) for Czech.
In which country does Šebesta have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 2.6 thousand people named Šebesta, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled šebesta.
Where is Šebesta most common?
Šebesta is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 4.1 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Šebesta?
In Czechia, the national register counted 2,638 people named Šebesta, about 1 in 4.1 thousand residents.
How common is Šebesta compared with other names?
In Czechia, Šebesta is the 622nd most common surname of 114,573 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Šebesta” — the 622nd most common surname in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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