Surname Bećir in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bećir families are generally Croats (from Dubrovnik area ), barely Albanians (from Solin ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and Zagreb. In Pločice in Dubrovnik area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Bećir.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Bećir live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Plocice in Dubrovnik area (25), Trogir (<10), Seget Donji in Trogir area (<10), Gruda in Dubrovnik area (<10), and in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bećir (including: Bechir , Becir , Bechier and Beckier ) is present in 49 countries worldwide. "Beckier " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Luka Bećir, Katarina Bećir, Ivica Bećir, Božo Bećir, Anđela Bećir, Bruna Bećir, Borislav Bećir, Pero Bećir, Ramadan Bećir, Marijana Bećir, Stjepan Bećir, Boris Bećir, Igor Bećir, Đuro Bećir, Baldo Bećir, Anka Bećir, Milojka Bećir, Nataša Bećir, Marija Bećir

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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