Bestaev Surname

235,986th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,704 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
South Ossetia

Bestaev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bestaev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia1,2821:112,42013,619
Georgia2811:13,3292,754
South Ossetia541:989208
Ukraine371:1,230,343106,187
Kazakhstan321:552,57839,450
Transnistria91:52,7447,681
Abkhazia31:80,9553,593
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Bestaev Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bestaev Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bestaev (Georgian: ბესტაევი, Russian: Бестаев) is found in Russia more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bestaev? popularity and diffusion

Bestaev is the 235,986th most frequently used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 4,276,729 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 74 percent of Bestaev are found; 74 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 48 percent are found in North Caucasus.

This surname is most widespread in Russia, where it is carried by 1,282 people, or 1 in 112,420. In Russia it is most common in: Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, where 64 percent are found, Republic of Adygea, where 7 percent are found and Moscow, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Russia this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Georgia, where 16 percent are found and South Ossetia, where 3 percent are found.

Bestaev Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Bestaev surname is chiefly Orthodox (72%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Bestaev surname are 1.32% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 45.45% registered to vote for the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bestayev934/
Beshtaev934/
Bestaiev931/
Bestaaev931/
Besstaev931/
Betaev9267/
Bestav923/
Bestev923/
Beysetaev8825/
Bestayeva885/
Beisetaev884/
Bastaev8682/
Bostaev8629/
Bistaev867/
Bestiev864/
Bestoev862/
Bystaev862/
Bietaev861/
Besteev861/
Beyshetaev8212/
Bashtaev8018,829/
Beshtoev80544/
Beshtiev8013/
Bestujev807/
Boshtaev803/
Beshtyev802/
Bitaev77238/
Bastav77193/
Bestov7776/
Beştav7756/
Bytaev779/
Betoev778/
Vetaev772/
Bistav771/
Bostav771/
Bestujeva755/
Bestuyeva754/
Baytaev7176/
Boztaev7160/
Basteev7149/
Bostoev7117/
Bydtaev7115/
Bastehv719/
Baitaev717/
Bistiev715/
Boytaev714/
Bettaeb714/
Beshtov712/
Bastoev711/
Bishtev711/
Bisthav711/
Bettaïeb677/
Baishtav673/
Bishtiev671/

Bestaev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bestaev in the Georgian language
ბესტაევიbestaevi81.92
ბესთაევიbestaevi18.08
Bestaev in the Russian language
Бестаевbestaev-

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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
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  • 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 Bestaev
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