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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

'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.

Meaning of BESTER in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of BESTER.

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.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for BESTER

The following words are slight variants of BESTER that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.