Bestmann
surname · Latin script
Meaning: patronymisch zu Sebastian; auch möglicher Bezug zum Flussnamen Beste; 394 Belege
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/bəstman/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Bestmann is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Germany.
- DEGermany
- AUAustralia
- NGNigeria
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
patronymisch zu Sebastian; auch möglicher Bezug zum Flussnamen Beste; 394 Belege
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Frithjof Bestmannb. 1898DEGerman local historian
- Walter Bestmannb. 1907DESS officer (1907–1958)
- Hans Jürgen Bestmannb. 1925DEGerman chemist (1925-2005)
- Tanja Bestmannb. 1970DEGerman politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 14 | #47,506 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 4 | #67,904 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Bestmann?
- A machine transcription gives /bəstman/ (IPA) for German.
- What does the name Bestmann mean?
- Recorded meaning: patronymisch zu Sebastian; auch möglicher Bezug zum Flussnamen Beste; 394 Belege
- In which country does Bestmann have the most bearers?
- Bestmann is most frequently recorded in Germany.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/bestmannThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bestmann”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.