Surname Bečki in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bečki families are Croats (from Vrbovsko area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovsko area and in Zagreb. In Vrhova Gorica in Vrbovsko area every third inhabitant had the family name Bečki.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Bečki live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Samobor (<10), Zagreb (<10), Dugace in Vrbovsko area (<5), Karlovac (<5), and in Vrhova Gorica in Vrbovsko area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (2) and Australia (1).
Family name Bečki (including: Becky , Bechki , Becchi , Becki , Becci , Bechraki , Beccai , Beckie , Becsky and Bechiki ) is present in 62 countries worldwide. The family name "Becki " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 70 in Poland , and small number of people in Canada. "Beckie " is used by some 90 people in the United States and about 60 in Canada. "Becky " is used by some 4000 people in Uganda , about 3000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Kenya.

Characteristic first names

Vesna Bečki, Romana Bečki, Željka Bečki, Nikola Bečki, Mirko Bečki, Ivan Bečki, Matija Bečki, Josip Bečki, Miko Bečki, Mato Bečki, Ana Bečki, Slavo Bečki, Ljuba Bečki, Jelka Bečki, Vladimir Bečki, Dubravka Bečki, Janko Bečki, Milka Bečki, Sven Bečki

Mentions in sources

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

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