Bestas Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Bestas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 63 | 1:1,606,956 | 108,100 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
The alternate forms: Beştaş (3,330) are calculated separately.
Bestas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bestas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bestas has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Beştaş. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bestas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,860,621st most numerous surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. Bestas is primarily found in Asia, where 82 percent of Bestas live; 64 percent live in Southeast Asia and 46 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The surname Bestas is most common in The Philippines, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 1,606,956. In The Philippines it is mostly found in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 73 percent are found, Davao Region, where 19 percent are found and Soccsksargen, where 5 percent are found. Aside from The Philippines this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 16 percent are found and Germany, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Bestas
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