Surname Beban in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Beban families are almost entirely Croats (from Sibenik ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Beban live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Zagreb (15), Split (10), Sibenik (<10), Zlarin (<10), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Beban is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Beban " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 200 in New Zealand , and some 100 people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Slaven Beban, Iskra Beban, Dario Beban, Hrvoje Beban, Darko Beban, Ivana Beban, Breda Beban, Anđelka Beban, Ante Beban, Zorica Beban, Marko Beban, Ljubica Beban, Miroslava Beban, Srđan Beban, Tomislav Beban, Anita Beban, Veljka Beban, Miljenko Beban, Nikola Beban

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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