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 carried by more people in Denmark than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bested? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,028,911th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 29,745,085 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Bested reside; 60 percent reside in Northern Europe and 53 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname Bested is most common in Denmark, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 43,089. In Denmark Bested is most prevalent in: Central Denmark Region, where 71 percent live, Capital Region of Denmark, where 19 percent live and Region of Southern Denmark, where 7 percent live. Apart from Denmark Bested occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 19 percent live and The Philippines, where 14 percent live.
Bested Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bested has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Bested surname increased 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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