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
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Besta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Besta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Besta (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺒﺴﻄﻪ, Hindi: बेस्ता, Oriya: ସର, Russian: Беста) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Bešta. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Besta? popularity and diffusion
It is the 57,799th most frequently used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 832,197 people. Besta is primarily found in Asia, where 86 percent of Besta reside; 84 percent reside in South Asia and 84 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 69,999th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 8,188 people.
The last name Besta is most frequent in India, where it is held by 7,339 people, or 1 in 104,519. In India Besta is mostly found in: Telangana, where 55 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 42 percent live and Madhya Pradesh, where 1 percent live. Aside from India this last name exists in 49 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 4 percent live and Czechia, where 2 percent live.
Besta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Besta has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Besta last name increased 1,978 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Besta Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Besta surname are 15.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.5% being registered with the 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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