Bett Surname

8,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69,684 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Bett Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Beatrice,' from the nick. Bete or Bet; v. Beaton and Beatson. No connexion with Elizabeth. Both the nick, and the diminutive occur together in Piers Plowman: 'And bade Bette cut a bough, And beat Betoun therewith.

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Bett Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya65,6631:703104
Brazil1,0701:200,0697,703
England7451:74,7898,496
United States5531:655,44152,505
Scotland4421:12,1131,622
Australia3341:80,8259,395
Argentina1811:236,15119,247
Canada1341:274,96725,811
Germany701:1,150,07875,714
Dominican Republic621:168,2736,481
New Zealand521:87,08312,256
Poland521:730,93760,459
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Botswana331:66,27111,607
Northern Ireland301:61,5014,735
Russia261:5,543,194237,148
Sudan251:1,500,4083,610
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Peru101:3,178,41230,046
Italy101:6,115,669111,715
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
India91:85,229,487684,495
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Mauritania81:511,85818,608
Colombia61:7,962,34523,614
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
France41:16,605,680368,153
China31:455,773,85521,925
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4101:59,4526,973
Scotland3061:12,2331,469
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1241:404,98929,999

Bett (8,225) may also be a first name.

Bett Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Beatrice,' from the nick. Bete or Bet; v. Beaton and Beatson. No connexion with Elizabeth. Both the nick, and the diminutive occur together in Piers Plowman: 'And bade Bette cut a bough, And beat Betoun therewith.'

Betissa Browne, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes Beteson, 1379: ibid.

Gilbertus Bet, 1379: ibid.

William Beteson, Yorkshire Testamenta Eboracensia (Surtees Society).

1581. Frances Bettes, Hampshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1590. John Betts, Kent, ibid.

1696. Buried — Betson: St. Mary Aldermary.

1743. Married — Thomas Bett and Sarah Frimley: St. George, Hanover Square.

1770. — Stephen Smith and Ann Bettes: ibid.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

This surname today is confined mainly to the shires of Perth and Fife. Andrew Bet and William Bet were burgesses of Edinburgh, 1344. Galfridus filius Betti witnessed a charter by John Skinner, burgess of Inverness, c. 1360 (Grant, III, p. 12), and in 1370 Andrew Bet, a Scottish merchant, complained of being plundered by English wreckers (Bain, IV, 164). Andrew Bet or Beth appears as burgess of Edinburgh, 1368—69—81 (RMS., I, 323; Egidii, p. I, 22). Walter Bet, rector of Craginche, 1440, appears in 1442 as witness to the foundation charter of the Collegiate Church of Kilmwne (OPS., II, p. 96). Thomas Bet was a monk of Arbroath, 1467 (RAA., II, 174), William Bett qualified as schoolmaster in Kirkcaldy, 1641 (PBK., p. 202), and Hugh Bett was maltman in Edinburgh, 1669 (Edinb. Marr.). Twenty-seven of the name are recorded in the Kirk Session Record of St. Andrews. Harrison says (1) a form of Beat, meaning blessed, happy, or (2) a diminutive of Beatrice.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

1 = Beat, q.v.

And bad Bette the bocher Ben [be] on his syde.— Piers Plowman, 3135-6 2 (later) a diminutive of Elizabeth.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Latin.) A contraction of the Latin Beatus, happy.

— An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

From the Flemish, Bette; from the German, Beth; a personal name.

— British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

One of the principal stocks of the old and characteristic Norfolk name of Betts included the family that possessed, in the 15th and 16th centuries, the manors of Hastings Hall and Whitefoot in Irmingland (Bl.). This name is also well represented in Lincolnshire, where it usually takes the form of Bett; it is also present, though less numerous, in the other east coast counties of Suffolk and Kent.

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from a name given to a child born at midday.

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Sample size: 109 (2014)

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Bett Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bett (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﺖ, Marathi: बेत, Russian: Бетт) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bett? popularity and diffusion

Bett is the 8,164th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 104,580 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Bett live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 79 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Bett is also the 69,785th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 8,225 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 65,663 people, or 1 in 703. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Bomet County, where 23 percent reside, Kericho County, where 22 percent reside and Narok County, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Kenya it is found in 70 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 2 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Bett Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bett has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 182 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 446 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 144 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bett Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Bett surname are 5.49% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 58.72% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Bett earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 79.04% less than the national average, earning R 49,812 per year; in Colombia they earn 30.48% less than the national average, earning $15,783,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.11% more than the national average, earning $47,510 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.73% more than the national average, earning $63,460 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Betts8954,934/
Bette893,647/
Beatt89299/
Bestt8918/
Beitt8914/
Bhett895/
Beett893/
Biett892/
Betht891/
Beutt891/
Bettt891/
Bedtt890/
Bet868,747/
Beatte80128/
Beatts8072/
Bhette805/
Bettts805/
H'Bett802/
Bethte802/
Beetts802/
Beette801/
Bheitt801/
Bethts801/
Bettch801/
Betthe801/
Bestte801/
Beitte800/
Bechtt800/
Best75110,527/
Bete7523,356/
Beit7516,785/
Beth757,866/
Biet754,020/
Bets752,493/
Beat751,656/
Beet751,169/
Bitt75645/
Wett75561/
Beyt75435/
Vett75288/
Beut7573/
Bhet7519/
Beht7513/
Uett7512/
Betd759/
Bezt754/
Bget754/
Hbet753/
Bejt752/
Bytt751/
Bätt751/
Bedt751/
Betp751/
Besstte735/
D'Bette731/
Bettsch731/
Beatteh731/
D'Betts731/
Bechtte730/
Beistte730/
Beystte730/
Be67172,234/
Becht676,099/
Bethe676,019/
Beets675,308/
Beete675,295/
Beste673,643/
Huett672,044/
Beuth672,002/
Vette671,793/
Beath671,598/
Beith671,244/
Bieth671,121/
Beate671,036/
Beats67968/
Wette67820/
Bitte67547/
Betch67462/
Bitts67329/
Bhete67305/
Beeth67278/
Beite67255/
Biott67216/
Besst67187/
Beest67184/
Beyst67167/
Beyts67155/
Byott67139/
Beudt6766/
Beths6761/
Beyte6760/
Buitt6753/
Boitt6748/
Håbet6738/
Besht6737/
Baitt6734/
Bezts6731/
Wetts6729/
Bistt6724/
Beyth6723/
Weitt6723/
Boytt6723/
Beist6722/
Vetts6721/
Bitht6721/
Betteher6713/
Behtz6713/
Viett6713/
Bezte6710/
Whett6710/
Bytte679/
Hbeit678/
Bheth677/
Betsh677/
Bhitt677/
Beszt676/
Beast675/
Bhget675/
Bheet675/
Veitt674/
Wiett672/
H'Bet672/
Bheut672/
Betss672/
Beits672/
Hwett672/
Bestz672/
Buytt672/
Weatt671/
Weett671/
Bytts671/
Hbets671/
Behyt671/
Bhest671/
Bittz671/
Bests671/
Beđet671/
Bethh671/
Wetth671/
Wehtt671/
Bujtt671/
Bøget671/
Bìete671/
Beïte671/
Uette671/
Vettz671/
Veett671/
Uettz671/
Bhets671/
Bydtt671/
Hbeet671/
Beadt670/
Bieht670/
Weutt670/
Bedtz670/
Beutd670/
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Bett Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bett in the Marathi language
बेतbeta-
Bett in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﺑﺖabt85.71
ﺑﺖbt14.29
Bett in the Russian language
Беттbett-

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