Bestam Surname
Approximately 275 people bear this surname
Bestam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 262 | 1:147,449 | 19,399 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Bestam (23) may also be a first name.
Bestam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bestam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bestam (Arabic: بصطام) is found in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bestam? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 950,707th most widely held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 26,500,167 people. The surname Bestam is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Bestam reside; 95 percent reside in North Africa and 95 percent reside in Mahgreb. Bestam is also the 2,239,265th most frequently held forename on earth, held by 23 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Algeria, where it is carried by 262 people, or 1 in 147,449. In Algeria Bestam is primarily found in: Tipasa Province, where 81 percent live and Béchar Province, where 19 percent live. Apart from Algeria Bestam exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 3 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bestam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bestam in the Arabic language | ||
| بصطام | bstam | - |
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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 Bestam
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