Surname Bečić in modern Croatia

Bečić families are often Croats and they are mostly from Split , less frequently Bosniaks (from Cazinska Krajina Region, Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb. In Srinjine in Split every ninth inhabitant had the family name Bečić.

Prevalence

About 320 people with faimily name Bečić live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Srinjine (130), Split (80), Zagreb (40), Dubrovnik (15), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (3) and the United States (1).
Family name Bečić (including: Becic , Bechichi , Becas , Bechiche , Becich , Becasse , Becassi , Betschel , Beechick and Bechich ) is present in 41 countries worldwide. The family name "Becic " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 300 in Austria , and some 200 people in Argentina. "Becich " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in Italy. "Beechick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Emira Bečić, Anita Bečić, Boris Bečić, Nevenka Bečić, Merima Bečić, Milenda Bečić, Dalibor Bečić, Fetah Bečić, Grgo Bečić, Mesud Bečić, Silvija Bečić, Ohran Bečić, Smiljana Bečić, Antonija Bečić, Aida Bečić, Matko Bečić, Jasmin Bečić, Marijana Bečić, Rifet Bečić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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