Bestey Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 4
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 3
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 14
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 5
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 3

Wales

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

Bestey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bestey family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 4
Independent 3
Agricultural Labourer 2
Cabinet Maker 2
Scavenger 1
Dealer 1
Cotton Spinner J 1
Waterman 1
Bleacher Joiner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Bestey

Name Census Frequency
Mary Bestey 14
John Bestey 13
Thomas Bestey 13
Elizabeth Bestey 9
James Bestey 8
George Bestey 7
William Bestey 7
Emma Bestey 6
Martha Bestey 6
Charles Bestey 5
Hannah Bestey 5
Henry Bestey 5
Jane Bestey 5
Sarah Bestey 5
Ann Bestey 4
Joseph Bestey 4
Robert Bestey 4
Arthur Bestey 3
David Bestey 3
Margaret Bestey 3
Richard Bestey 3
Samuel Bestey 3
Louisa Bestey 2
Lucy Bestey 2
Rachel Bestey 2

Bestey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bestey 100% 204
2 Beasty 67% 203
3 Busty 67% 122
4 Bostey 83% 121

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The surname Bestey is the most popular version of all its varients

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