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emilThreads: 2 Posts: 3 Joined: Mar 12, 10 ♂	Nov 26, 11, 13:51 #1
My family name is Besta and they were/are from Swientochlowitz.Upper Silesia.Is this name familiar to anyone?My Grandfather was from Breslau/Wrocław .Any comments would be welcomed.....Thanks.

Polonius3Threads: 1,005 Posts: 4,833 Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂	Dec 3, 11, 11:43 #2
Only 32 Bestas in Poland (according to a previous census), 19 of them in Upper Silesda (Katowice region). The name's etymology could be traceable to the German word "best" or to first Name Sebastian.