Surname Beara in modern Croatia

Beara families can be both Croats (the family name originates from the Island of Lastovo ) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and on the Island of Lastovo.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Beara live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Split (40), Kastel Luksic (15), Zagreb (10), Lecevica in Kastela area (<10), and in Samobor (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Beara (including: Behara , Bhehara , Beehara , Beharaa , Behaera and Béarra ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Beara " is used by small number of people in Thailand , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Behara " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 90 in Cameroon , and some 60 people in United Arab Emirates. "Béarra " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ilija Beara, Tatjana Beara, Dalibor Beara, Tanja Beara, Nina Beara, Vladimir Beara, Marko Beara, Denis Beara, Ljubomir Beara, Ljuba Beara, Katja Beara, Boško Beara, Ružica Beara, Predrag Beara, Sanda Beara, Milica Beara, Nađan Beara, Dragana Beara, Vladan Beara

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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