Surname Bečir in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bečir families are Croats (from Trogir ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Trogir.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Bečir live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Trogir (<5), Seget Donji in Trogir area (<5), Goljak (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Donji Andrijevci in Djakovo area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (2), France (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Bečir (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

Marica Bečir, Tihana Bečir, Arijana Bečir, Ante Bečir, Tomislav Bečir, Antivo Bečir, Marija Bečir, Emilija Bečir, Andro Bečir, Dragica Bečir, Tona Bečir, Ivan Bečir, Nediljka Bečir, Ankica Bečir, Vinka Bečir, Branimir Bečir, Ana Bečir, Božo Bečir, Nikola Bečir

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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