Šebek

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Šebek is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Egyptian sbk.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 4.7K(measured from records)
  • HRCroatia1 in 16K
  • RSSerbia≈1 in 35K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Czechia (measured from records)

2,255 people

Sources
44 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 4.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Sebek in US United States, GT Guatemala.

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(measured from records)

Borrowed from Egyptian sbk.

Sources 1

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Šebek 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 Šebek is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia#4322,2551 in 4.7K2.3KŠebek44
US United States—6421 in 518K643Sebek35
HR Croatia—2661 in 16K266——
RS Serbia—≈200 est.≈1 in 35K—Šebek5
SK Slovakia—1211 in 45K121Šebek9
GT Guatemala—≈74 est.≈1 in 233K—Sebek1

2,255 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 2020; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census). 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)

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

  • Croatian surname13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Serbia, United States, Montenegro

    Languages: Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian

    Also written Sebek, Шебек, Shebek

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Sebek

  • English surname11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Canada, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Sebek, Şebek, S̆ebek

  • Polish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Poland

    Also written Sebek

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Sebek

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Sebek

6 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)

18001850190019502000Franz Schebek, b. 1814Josef Šebek, b. 1888Svatopluk Šebek, b. 1926Karel Šebek, b. 1941František Šebek, b. 1946Zdeněk Šebek, b. 1959Jaroslav Šebek, b. 1970Tomáš Šebek, b. 1977Lukáš Šebek, b. 1988Jan Šebek, b. 1991

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Šebek
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—2.3K#502
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—2.3K#501
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—2.3K#501
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)2021266#3,088
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)2021228—
SK SlovakiaJÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census)1995121—

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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

What does the name Šebek mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Egyptian sbk. Recorded by Wiktionary.
In which country does Šebek have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 2.3 thousand people named Šebek, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled šebek.
Where is Šebek most common?
Šebek is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 4.7 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Šebek?
In Czechia, the national register counted 2,255 people named Šebek, about 1 in 4.7 thousand residents.
How common is Šebek compared with other names?
In Czechia, Šebek is the 432nd 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, “Šebek” — the 432nd most common surname in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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