Bestward Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Bestward Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bestward Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada671:549,93446,038
England21:27,859,030389,889
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Bestward Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bestward is more frequently found in Canada than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bestward? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,273,756th most frequently held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname Bestward occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Bestward are found; 96 percent are found in North America and 96 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently used in Canada, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 549,934. In Canada it is most numerous in: Ontario, where 67 percent live, British Columbia, where 31 percent live and Saskatchewan, where 1 percent live. Apart from Canada this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent live and Scotland, where 1 percent live.

Bestward Last Name Statistics demography

Bestward earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 14.63% less than the national average, earning $42,412 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Westward8832/
Betwar8659/
Bedward801,887/
Betware8010/
Bethwar809/
Bhetwar801/
Beedward752/
Betwaare751/
Westword751/
Bedwar7138/
Betuar711/
Bitwar711/
Bhedwar6720/
Baitwar678/
Bedword675/
Bedwarz672/
Bedware671/
Bitware671/
Behdwar671/

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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 Bestward
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