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
Besta (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺒﺴﻄﻪ, Hindi: बेस्ता, Oriya: ସର, Russian: Беста) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Bešta. Click here to see other possible spellings of Besta.
How Common Is The Last Name Besta? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 57,799th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 832,197 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Besta live; 84 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Besta is also the 69,999th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 8,188 people.
This last name is most frequent in India, where it is held by 7,339 people, or 1 in 104,519. In India Besta is most common in: Telangana, where 55 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 42 percent reside and Madhya Pradesh, where 1 percent reside. Barring India this last name is found in 49 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 4 percent reside and Czechia, where 2 percent reside.
Besta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Besta has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,978 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Besta Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Besta surname 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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