Surname Bešter in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bešter families are generally Croats (from Slavonski Brod area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod and in Slavonski Brod area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Bešter live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Vranovci (10) and Bukovlje (10) in Slavonski Brod area, Slavonski Brod (<10), Pula (<5), and in Makarska (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bešter (including: Bester , Beszter , Beshter and Besther ) is present in 76 countries worldwide. The family name "Bester " is used by some 80000 people in South Africa , about 3000 in Democratic Republic of Congo , and some 3000 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ankica Bešter, Aleksandar Bešter, Tomislav Bešter, Marijan Bešter, Jelena Bešter, Josip Bešter, Mirjana Bešter, Ivana Bešter, Ivan Bešter, Đuro Bešter, Davor Bešter, Janez Bešter, Stanislav Bešter, Katica Bešter, Zrinka Bešter, Marija Bešter, Katarina Bešter, Zdravko Bešter, Anka Bešter

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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