ter Beest Surname

876,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 308 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

ter Beest Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

ter Beest Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2871:58,84010,138
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England11:55,718,059489,080

ter Beest Last Name Facts

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

ter Beest is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name ter Beest? popularity and diffusion

ter Beest is the 876,631st most numerous last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 23,660,863 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of ter Beest live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.

ter Beest is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 287 people, or 1 in 58,840. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Gelderland, where 53 percent are found, Overijssel, where 15 percent are found and Utrecht, where 12 percent are found. Other than The Netherlands it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

ter Beest Last Name Statistics demography

ter Beest earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 18.86% more than the national average, earning R 282,456 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
te Beest94199/
te Best8848/
ter Bee883/
te Beste821/
te Bee801/
te West7537/
Te-Best752/
ter Bish711/
te Bhe671/
te Bi572/
te Ba571/
te Vei534/
te Bai531/
te Booy5030/
Te-Beha506/

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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 ter Beest
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