Bettington Surname

1,032,007th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 244 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Bettington Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bettington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1891:142,83415,308
England391:1,428,66862,556
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England351:696,43933,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Bettington Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bettington is more commonly found in Australia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bettington? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,032,007th most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 29,866,991 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 78 percent of Bettington live; 78 percent live in Australasia and 78 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

It is most numerous in Australia, where it is held by 189 people, or 1 in 142,834. In Australia it is most prevalent in: New South Wales, where 87 percent reside, Queensland, where 10 percent reside and Northern Territory, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Australia it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 16 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.

Bettington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bettington has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Bettington surname rose 111 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 58 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Bettington
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