Surname Beštek in modern Croatia

Beštek families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Novi Marof.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Beštek live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Cacinci in Orahovica area (15), Krc (15), Novi Marof (15), Zagreb (<10), and in Madzarevo (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Beštek (including: Bestek , Besteck ) is present in 7 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Saša Beštek, Gordana Beštek, Darko Beštek, Mira Beštek, Željko Beštek, Šime Beštek, Jelena Beštek, Jurica Beštek, Josipa Beštek, Tomica Beštek, Dalibor Beštek, Igor Beštek, Maja Beštek, Nikola Beštek, Božica Beštek, Sanela Beštek, Ana Beštek, Marija Beštek, Ivica Beštek

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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