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Re: Surname Best
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The two origins of German Best are in Kohlheim & Kohlheim's Familiennamen and the relation to Sebastian is also at http://www.ancestry.ca/name-origin?surname=best.
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Thanks! This only leaves two alternative toponymies, Besten or Beste, without clear meaning... Both are from places google cannot even acknowledge, even less give you their meaning.
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You'll find the two places named Besten at tinyurl.com/p2w9ee9. There is no Beste in Germany.
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