Surname Sebastian in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Sebastian families are Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Prelog area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Sebastian live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and another small place , mostly in Zagreb (<5), Sisak (<5), Garesnica (<5), and in Cavle in Rijeka area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sebastian (including: Sebastyan , Sebasttyan , Sebastián , Sebastiaan , Sebhastyan , Sebhastian , Sebasstian and Sebastiean ) is present in 137 countries worldwide. The family name "Sebastian " is used by some 90000 people in the Philippines , about 50000 in Tanzania , and some 30000 people in the United States. "Sebasstian " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Sebastiaan " is used by some 50 people in the Netherlands , small number in Belgium , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nada Sebastian, Miro Sebastian, Tessy Sebastian, Marjanović Sebastian, Banić Sebastian, Štefanija Sebastian, Josipa Sebastian, Antić Sebastian, Franjo Sebastian, Marija Sebastian, Marijan Sebastian, Milka Sebastian, Vilka Sebastian, Vilko Sebastian

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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