How rare is the last name Sebastian?

14,178 people in the United States have the last name Sebastian, about 1 in 21,082. It ranks #2,480 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SEBASTIAN

#2,480

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
14,178
About
1 in 21,082
This common or more
50.3%
Who bears it

Of the 14,178 people with the last name Sebastian, 45.8% reported their origin as White, 29.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 18.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Sebastian

#2,478 Lentz · 14,194#2,479 Beebe · 14,184#2,481 Lira · 14,173#2,482 Strange · 14,165

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sebastian, most common first.

#48,145 Sebastiani · 474#49,062 Sebastiano · 464#69,562 Sebastiao · 304#87,019 Sebastien · 230

Also a first name

As a first name, Sebastian ranks #359 of 53,615, with 156,144 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2016, with 10,325 births. See Sebastian as a first name

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