Surname Bešenski in modern Croatia

Bešenski families are Croats and they are mostly from Krapina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krapina area and in Srijem, Vojvodina.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Bešenski live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Slatina Svedruska in Krapina area (15), Katinka in Virovitica area (<10), Pregrada (<10), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bešenski (including: Besenski , Beshensky ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. "Beshensky " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nada Bešenski, Nikola Bešenski, Goran Bešenski, Sonja Bešenski, Željko Bešenski, Ivan Bešenski, Miljenko Bešenski, Boris Bešenski, Nenad Bešenski, Dejan Bešenski, Irena Bešenski, Tomislav Bešenski, Anica Bešenski, Zvonimir Bešenski, Martina Bešenski, Vladimir Bešenski, Ana Bešenski, Mirko Bešenski, Josip Bešenski

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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