Bestow Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Bestow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 55 | 1:490,831 | 37,357 |
| United States | 35 | 1:10,355,970 | 420,657 |
| England | 34 | 1:1,638,766 | 68,634 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 35 | 1:696,439 | 33,013 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 25 | 1:2,008,747 | 100,426 |
Bestow (57) may also be a first name.
Bestow Demographics
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Bestow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bestow Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bestow is more frequently found in Australia than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bestow.
How Common Is The Last Name Bestow? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,391,595th most common last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 46,417,490 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 35 percent of Bestow reside; 35 percent reside in Australasia and 35 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand. Bestow is also the 1,308,380th most commonly held given name throughout the world It is held by 57 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Australia, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 490,831. In Australia it is most numerous in: New South Wales, where 85 percent are found, Western Australia, where 13 percent are found and Australian Capital Territory, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Australia Bestow occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent are found and England, where 22 percent are found.
Bestow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bestow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bestow surname grew 140 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 3 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bestow Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Bestow are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.
Bestow earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.84% more than the national average, earning $47,397 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bestowe | 92 | 29 | / |
| Beastow | 92 | 6 | / |
| Beestow | 92 | 1 | / |
| Betstow | 92 | 1 | / |
| Bastow | 83 | 2,685 | / |
| Bostow | 83 | 144 | / |
| Bestov | 83 | 76 | / |
| Bestof | 83 | 11 | / |
| Bistow | 83 | 10 | / |
| Baistow | 77 | 100 | / |
| Bestova | 77 | 66 | / |
| Besthof | 77 | 18 | / |
| Bestoff | 77 | 7 | / |
| Bishtow | 77 | 5 | / |
| Beshtov | 77 | 2 | / |
| Bestoev | 77 | 2 | / |
| Bastoow | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bistowf | 77 | 1 | / |
| Buistow | 77 | 0 | / |
| Beshtoev | 71 | 544 | / |
| Besthoff | 71 | 68 | / |
| Beysetov | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bejstova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Beastoff | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bastov | 67 | 120 | / |
| Vestov | 67 | 112 | / |
| Bostov | 67 | 22 | / |
| Bystov | 67 | 13 | / |
| Bistov | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bestav | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bastof | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bastaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vistow | 67 | 0 | / |
| Bistof | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Bestow
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