Besta Surname
Approximately 8,757 people bear this surname
Besta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 7,339 | 1:104,519 | 6,852 |
| Tanzania | 343 | 1:154,349 | 13,932 |
| Czechia | 181 | 1:58,748 | 9,843 |
| United States | 178 | 1:2,036,286 | 130,241 |
| Italy | 92 | 1:664,747 | 58,468 |
| Germany | 85 | 1:947,123 | 66,306 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| Papua New Guinea | 56 | 1:145,602 | 20,089 |
| Philippines | 54 | 1:1,874,782 | 115,801 |
| Austria | 49 | 1:173,784 | 22,520 |
| Indonesia | 47 | 1:2,813,813 | 160,835 |
| Poland | 41 | 1:927,043 | 69,048 |
| Canada | 29 | 1:1,270,538 | 90,455 |
| South Africa | 29 | 1:1,868,197 | 87,346 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Latvia | 18 | 1:113,891 | 16,101 |
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Bešta (231) are calculated separately.
Besta (8,188) may also be a first name.
Besta Demographics
Average Besta Salary in
United States
$45,911 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Besta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Besta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Besta (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺒﺴﻄﻪ, Hindi: बेस्ता, Oriya: ସର, Russian: Беста) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Bešta. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Besta? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 57,799th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 832,197 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 86 percent of Besta are found; 84 percent are found in South Asia and 84 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 69,999th most frequently used forename world-wide. It is borne by 8,188 people.
It is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 7,339 people, or 1 in 104,519. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Telangana, where 55 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 42 percent are found and Madhya Pradesh, where 1 percent are found. Excluding India this surname occurs in 49 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 4 percent are found and Czechia, where 2 percent are found.
Besta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Besta has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Besta surname increased 1,978 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Besta Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Besta are 15.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.5% registered with the political party.
The amount Besta earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 57.99% less than the national average, earning R 99,828 per year; in United States they earn 6.4% more than the national average, earning $45,911 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.34% less than the national average, earning $43,054 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Besta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Besta in the Hindi language | ||
| बेस्ता | besta | - |
| Besta in the Oriya language | ||
| ସର | sara | - |
| Besta in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺒﺴﻄﻪ | albsth | 50 |
| ﺑﺴﻄﻪ | bsth | 50 |
| Besta in the Russian language | ||
| Беста | besta | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Besta
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