Bestan Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Bestan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 66 | 1:1,179,112 | 50,375 |
| Malaysia | 52 | 1:567,197 | 27,732 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Bestan (74) may also be a first name.
Bestan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bestan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bestan (Hindi: बेस्टन, Marathi: टन, Russian: Бестань) is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bestan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bestan is the 1,434,893rd most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. The surname Bestan occurs mostly in Asia, where 67 percent of Bestan live; 37 percent live in Southeast Asia and 36 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Bestan is also the 1,125,792nd most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 74 people.
The surname Bestan is most common in Turkey, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 1,179,112. In Turkey Bestan is most numerous in: Istanbul Province, where 52 percent live, Bursa Province, where 20 percent live and Kayseri Province, where 15 percent live. Excluding Turkey it occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 35 percent live and Argentina, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bestan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bestan in the Hindi language | ||
| बेस्टन | bestana | - |
| Bestan in the Marathi language | ||
| टन | tana | - |
| Bestan in the Russian language | ||
| Бестань | bestan | - |
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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 Bestan
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