de Best Surname

270,454th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,442 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Best Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Best 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
Netherlands1,3661:12,3631,768
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
France131:5,109,440259,941
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
England61:9,286,343223,652
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771
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  • Average Salary in:
    Canada

de Best Demographics

Average de Best Salary in
Canada

$56,977 CAD

Per year
Rank:
67,085 of 236,188
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
4.19026E-5
Rank: 161,931 of 236,189
Percentage of national average salary:
114.68%
Sample size: 4 (2014)

Average Salary in
Canada

$49,683 CAD

Per year
Per month:
$4,140 CAD
Per week:
$920 CAD
Per day:
$136 CAD

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de Best Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Best occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Best? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 270,454th most common last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 5,053,777 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of de Best live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname de Best is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 1,366 people, or 1 in 12,363. In The Netherlands de Best is most prevalent in: South Holland, where 54 percent live, North Holland, where 18 percent live and North Brabant, where 8 percent live. Other than The Netherlands this last name occurs in 22 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.

de Best Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of de Best has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 25 percent between 1880 and 2014.

de Best Last Name Statistics demography

de Best earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 14.68% more than the national average, earning $56,977 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Beste9342/
de Boest932/
de Baest931/
de Beust930/
de Bes92184/
der Boest880/
de Beus86662/
de Bast86420/
de Beys86354/
de Bies86248/
de Beet8679/
de West8639/
de Bees8619/
da Best8612/
de Bess866/
de Beas866/
De-Best864/
de Bost862/
de Bett861/
de Betz861/
de Beth861/
de Beis861/
de Biet861/
de Vest861/
de Besh861/
de Be833/
de Buyst80358/
de Wiest8079/
de Besch8020/
de Besse806/
de Beijs805/
de Bease804/
de Bette803/
de Beate803/
de Weste801/
de Bedts801/
de Beats801/
de Beshe801/
de Bie777,850/
de Vet771,114/
de Bei77706/
de Ves77135/
de Bey7732/
de Bis7727/
de Bee7713/
de Bea7713/
de Bit7712/
De-Bes779/
de Ber775/
de Bej774/
de Beu772/
de Bez772/
di Bes771/
de Besche7552/
de Buijst7519/
de Beer7153,092/
de Bois71469/
de Veth71459/
de Buys71395/
de Veas71298/
de Boey71241/
de Beij7194/
de Boit7168/
de Veyt7158/
de Behr7144/
de Boisset7123/
de Bije7119/
de Buis7115/
de Bise7110/
de Bais716/
de Bezz712/
da West711/
de Biot711/
de Veet711/
de Vett711/
De-Bast711/
De-Beus711/
de Berr711/
de Bios711/
de Biss711/
der Bee711/
de Boys710/
de Vuyst673,267/
de By6736/
de Boeij6733/
de Booys6729/
de Boise6727/
de Boice6722/
des Bois6716/
de Vecht677/
de Beche675/
de Baise675/
de Ve674/
de Boite673/
de Boitt673/
de Ba672/
de Vuist672/
de Becze671/
De-Be671/
der Beer671/
di Be671/
de Boyce670/
der Bois670/
de Voist670/
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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 de Best
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