| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 1 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 0 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 0 |
| Devon | 1 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 0 |
| Essex | 0 |
| Gloucestershire | 0 |
| Hampshire | 2 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 0 |
| Lancashire | 0 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 |
| London | 6 |
| Middlesex | 0 |
| Northumberland | 3 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 1 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 1 |
| Surrey | 0 |
| Sussex | 1 |
| Staffordshire | 0 |
| Warwickshire | 0 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 6 |
| Worcestershire | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 0 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 0 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 2 |
| Domestic Servant | 2 |
| Art Student | 1 |
| Boarding School Keeper | 1 |
| Cook Domestic | 1 |
| Sick Nurse | 1 |
| Solicitor | 1 |
| Solicitor Wife | 1 |
| Bill Poster | 1 |
| Bill Posters Wife | 1 |
| General Servant Domestic | 1 |
| Coal Miner | 1 |
| General Servant | 1 |
| Agricultural Labourer Shepherd | 1 |
| Dress Maker | 1 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Bast | 13 |
| Mary Bast | 12 |
| Elizabeth Bast | 10 |
| James Bast | 10 |
| Edward Bast | 7 |
| Jane Bast | 7 |
| Albert Bast | 6 |
| Sarah Bast | 6 |
| Eliza Bast | 5 |
| John Bast | 5 |
| Louisa Bast | 5 |
| Emily Bast | 4 |
| George Bast | 4 |
| Harriet Bast | 4 |
| Henry Bast | 4 |
| Herbert Bast | 4 |
| Thomas Bast | 4 |
| Walter Bast | 4 |
| Annie Bast | 3 |
| Arthur Bast | 3 |
| Bessie Bast | 3 |
| Ellen Bast | 3 |
| Harry Bast | 3 |
| Kate Bast | 3 |
| Matilda Bast | 3 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | 75% | 55,399 |
| 2 | Boast | 80% | 4,576 |
| 3 | Bust | 75% | 2,182 |
| 4 | Buist | 60% | 997 |
| 5 | Bist | 75% | 526 |
| 6 | Bost | 75% | 512 |
| 7 | Boost | 60% | 366 |
| 8 | Beast | 80% | 213 |
| 9 | Bast | 100% | 210 |
| 10 | Bisat | 60% | 172 |
| 11 | Beste | 60% | 140 |
The surname Bast is the 9th most popular variant of Best.