Sebastian Family History
Sebastian Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Sebastian
Name Distribution of Sebastian Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Sebastian families
 4 - 6  2 - 3 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Sebastian census records
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Sebastian Family Origin
Sebastian Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Sebastian Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Sebastian census records
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Military Service by Sebastian
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