Bestwich Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
England

Bestwich Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bestwich Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:1,354,18747,798

Bestwich Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bestwich is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Bestwich.

How Common Is The Last Name Bestwich? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bestwich is the 6,723,624th most numerous surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 50 percent of Bestwich reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 50 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 191,766,346. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account India this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 38 percent live and England, where 13 percent live.

Bestwich Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bestwich has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Bestwich last name fell 94 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bestwich Last Name Statistics demography

Bestwich earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.84% less than the national average, earning $38,042 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bestwic931/
Bostwich885/
Westwich880/
Bastwich880/
Betwi771/
Bethwith752/
Betwip710/
Bestway6723/
Beatweh671/
Beduich671/

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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 Bestwich
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