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The sebastian Surname

sebastian Name Meaning and History

German, Spanish (Sebastián), and southern French (Sébastian): from the personal name Sebastian, Latin Sebastianus. This was originally an ethnic name meaning ‘man from Sebastia’, a city in Pontus named from Greek sebastos ‘revered’ (the Greek equivalent of Augustus). This surname is also sometimes born by Jews, presumably as an adoption of the German surname.

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The sebastian name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the sebastian family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of sebastian Families in the US in 1920
Number of sebastian families
 43-83
 15-42		 1-14
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 115 - Messages: 325
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Benjamin Sebastian 1770 will in Va MurielMurray43 5
SEBASTIAN - KY and WV Laikie2 34
Stephen Sebastian Junior Muriel 4
Sebastian in Pennsylvania taylea12 0
Book by William Hobart Sebastian StevenWSebastian 6
SEBASTIAN, Massassachusetts, NJ gottdm_1 0
SEBASTIANS, WEAKLEY CO. TN hayfordq 0
Paul Sebastian Jr. WV Grandmaintouch 0
MyFamily sites DanSabastian 0
Malvery Sebastian Picture DanSabastian 0
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