Beader families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Drnis , whereas often Croats (also from Drnis ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis and Sibenik.
Prevalence
About 120 people with faimily name Beader live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Sibenik (30), Split (25), Zagreb (15), Drnis (10), and in Vukovar (<10).
Outside Croatia
At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Germany (1). Family name Beader is present in 10 countries on four continents. The family name "Beader " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Germany.
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.