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 carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bestley? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,955,159th most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 92 percent of Bestley live; 91 percent live in Northern Europe and 91 percent live in British Isles.
This surname is most widespread in England, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 696,476. In England it is most prevalent in: Greater London, where 28 percent are found, Oxfordshire, where 21 percent are found and Gloucestershire, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account England it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent are found and Wales, where 3 percent are found.
Bestley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bestley has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Bestley last name expanded 148 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 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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