Bettems Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Bettems Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bettems Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland911:90,2529,968
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Bettems Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bettems occurs more in Switzerland more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bettems? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,943,350th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Bettems live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 91 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Bettems is most commonly used in Switzerland, where it is carried by 91 people, or 1 in 90,252. In Switzerland it is primarily found in: Canton of Vaud, where 86 percent live, Canton of Zürich, where 8 percent live and Republic and Canton of Geneva, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Switzerland it is found in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Betems9285/
Bettens861,625/
Battems8611/
Bottems8611/
Bettoms860/
Bettiens80122/
Besems77291/
Botems779/
Betens772/
Behems770/
Bottoms716,808/
Battams711,233/
Bessems711,187/
Beesems7187/
Beetens7167/
Beatens7166/
Bittens7140/
Bottams7128/
Bettins712/
Battoms711/
Bethens711/
Wethems710/
Bottims710/
Beams672,607/
Beims67641/
Bottomms675/

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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 Bettems
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