Surname Bešker in modern Croatia

Bešker families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Rama, Bosnia (Prozor area). In Sušci in Sinj area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Bešker.

Prevalence

About 450 people with faimily name Bešker live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 250 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 24 cities and 35 other places, mostly in Split (145), Zagreb (85), Solin (40), Voloder in Kutina area (25), and in Buk (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bešker (including: Beschorner , Beschier , Bescher , Besker , Beschler , Bescherer , Beschoner and Beschner ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Besker " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Bescher " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in France , and some 60 people in Equatorial Guinea. "Beschler " is used by some 80 people in the United States and small number in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Marko Bešker, Inoslav Bešker, Anita Bešker, Ante Bešker, Ivan Bešker, Marija Bešker, Mijo Bešker, Željko Bešker, Nikša Bešker, Mariana Bešker, Nikola Bešker, Franjo Bešker, Mario Bešker, Jasna Bešker, Julijana Bešker, Veljko Bešker, Dražen Bešker, Frankica Bešker, Ana Bešker

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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