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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech and Slovak (Šesták) and Hungarian (Seszták) : from Czech šesták, the name of an old coin (literally ‘sixer’; it was at one time worth six kreuzers). The surname would have been acquired by someone who had to pay rent of this amount or for some other anecdotal reason.

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