Bestay Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Bestay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
The alternate forms: Beştay (20) are calculated separately.
Bestay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bestay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bestay (Russian: Бестай) occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Beştay. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bestay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,391,485th most frequent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 54 percent of Bestay live; 54 percent live in Western Europe and 54 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
It is most commonly held in France, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 9,488,960. In France Bestay is most frequent in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 100 percent reside. Other than France it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kazakhstan, where 46 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bestay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bestay in the Russian language | ||
| Бестай | bestaj | - |
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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 Bestay
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