Bestford Surname

604,614th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 513 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Bestford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bestford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4571:121,92112,312
Scotland241:223,07611,507
United States111:32,950,812797,015
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1201:203,12816,084
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Bestford Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bestford Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bestford is found most in England. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bestford? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 604,614th most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 14,205,743 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Bestford live; 94 percent live in Northern Europe and 94 percent live in British Isles.

It is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 457 people, or 1 in 121,921. In England Bestford is mostly found in: Durham, where 38 percent are found, Tyne and Wear, where 25 percent are found and Norfolk, where 4 percent are found. Apart from England Bestford exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Bestford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bestford has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Bestford surname rose 381 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 110 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bestford Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bestford surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the party.

Bestford earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 32.37% less than the national average, earning $29,181 USD 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 Bestford
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