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Surname Bešlija in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Bešlija families are generally Croats (from Knin ), very rarely Bosniaks (from Crikvenica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Jajce area) and in Middle Bosnia (Bugojno area). In Koprivnica in Middle Bosnia every seventh inhabitant had the family name Bešlija.
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Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Bešlija live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Knin (15), Zagreb (<10), Sesvete (<5), Karlovac (<5), and in Crikvenica (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Bešlija is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Beslija " is used by some 90 people in Indonesia , small number in Sweden , and small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Zlatan Bešlija,
Boško Bešlija,
Mario Bešlija,
Ljupko Bešlija,
Senad Bešlija,
Joško Bešlija,
Hasiba Bešlija,
Miroslav Bešlija,
Dino Bešlija,
Rajko Bešlija,
Irhad Bešlija,
Tea Bešlija,
Dario Bešlija,
Damir Bešlija,
Demir Bešlija,
Rijad Bešlija,
Alica Bešlija,
Petar Bešlija,
Fatima Bešlija