Bested Surname
Approximately 245 people bear this surname
Bested Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 131 | 1:43,089 | 4,489 |
| Canada | 46 | 1:800,991 | 62,809 |
| Philippines | 35 | 1:2,892,521 | 138,859 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Bested Demographics
Average Bested Salary in
Canada
$50,635 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Bested Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bested Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bested is held by more people in Denmark than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Bested click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bested? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bested is the 1,028,911th most widespread surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 29,745,085 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Bested live; 60 percent live in Northern Europe and 53 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name Bested is most widely held in Denmark, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 43,089. In Denmark Bested is most prevalent in: Central Denmark Region, where 71 percent reside, Capital Region of Denmark, where 19 percent reside and Region of Southern Denmark, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Denmark Bested exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 19 percent reside and The Philippines, where 14 percent reside.
Bested Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bested has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Bested last name grew 1,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bested Last Name Statistics demography
Bested earn around the same as the average income. In Canada they earn 1.92% more than the national average, earning $50,635 CAD per year.
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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 Bested
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