Better Surname
Approximately 2,543 people bear this surname
Better Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 620 | 1:584,611 | 47,805 |
| Nigeria | 289 | 1:612,951 | 29,166 |
| Colombia | 264 | 1:180,962 | 4,738 |
| France | 237 | 1:280,265 | 43,035 |
| Philippines | 212 | 1:477,539 | 57,195 |
| Liberia | 148 | 1:29,787 | 2,863 |
| Iran | 136 | 1:564,577 | 32,091 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Germany | 115 | 1:700,047 | 53,529 |
| Ecuador | 44 | 1:361,496 | 9,599 |
| Canada | 41 | 1:898,673 | 68,969 |
| Australia | 30 | 1:899,857 | 54,700 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Venezuela | 27 | 1:1,118,670 | 16,331 |
| Austria | 26 | 1:327,517 | 36,002 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Uruguay | 22 | 1:155,989 | 13,535 |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | 1:812,539 | 55,590 |
| Costa Rica | 18 | 1:265,559 | 2,987 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Peru | 10 | 1:3,178,412 | 30,046 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 147 | 1:341,624 | 26,307 |
Better (7,848) may also be a first name.
Better Demographics
Better Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Better Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Better Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Better (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺗﻴﺮ) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Better? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 169,672nd most common surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 2,865,728 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 41 percent of Better live; 26 percent live in North America and 26 percent live in Anglo-North America. Better is also the 72,017th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 7,848 people.
It is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 620 people, or 1 in 584,611. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Maryland, where 22 percent live, California, where 11 percent live and New York, where 10 percent live. Not including The United States this surname occurs in 51 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 11 percent live and Colombia, where 10 percent live.
Better Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Better has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 422 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Better Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Better last name is chiefly Orthodox (75%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Better surname are 1.23% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 52% registered with the party.
The amount Better earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 50.69% less than the national average, earning S/. 9,558 per year; in Colombia they earn 20.04% less than the national average, earning $18,151,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 24.52% more than the national average, earning $53,728 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.19% more than the national average, earning $52,760 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Better Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Better in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺗﻴﺮ | bwtyr | - |
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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 Better
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