The BESTER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	1,601	16525	0.001	6
United States (1880 census)	283	14932	0.001	6
Change since 1880	+1318	-1593	0	0
Other Countries
Australia	258	5986	0.002	16
United Kingdom	254	14184	0.001	6

Top States for BESTER by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Alabama	187	3547	0.004	42
Ohio	184	8395	0.002	16
Mississippi	152	2685	0.005	53
Illinois	139	11042	0.001	11
Minnesota	124	6985	0.003	25
Top States for BESTER by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Mississippi	152	2685	0.005	53
Alabama	187	3547	0.004	42
Minnesota	124	6985	0.003	25
Ohio	184	8395	0.002	16
Wisconsin	75	13564	0.001	14

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called BESTER live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called BESTER represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called BESTER in Alabama than any other state, but you are more likely to find a BESTER by picking someone at random in Mississippi than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of BESTER

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Occupational Name

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the BESTER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the BESTER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of BESTER in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Caucasian)	520	32.48
Mixed Race	27	1.69
White (Hispanic)	15	0.94
Black/African American	1,027	64.15
Asian/Pacific	Less than 100	Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan	Less than 100	Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the BESTER surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to BESTER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BESTER.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.