Bestley Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Bestley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 80 | 1:696,476 | 39,547 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 54 | 1:451,396 | 25,813 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Bestley Demographics
Average Bestley Salary in
England
£29,013
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Bestley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bestley Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bestley is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bestley? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,955,159th most widespread family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Bestley live; 91 percent live in Northern Europe and 91 percent live in British Isles.
It is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 696,476. In England Bestley is primarily concentrated in: Greater London, where 28 percent live, Oxfordshire, where 21 percent live and Gloucestershire, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account England Bestley exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent live and Wales, where 3 percent live.
Bestley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bestley has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 148 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Bestley
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