Surname Bebić in modern Croatia

Bebić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Opuzen area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Metkovic and Split. In Nova Sela in Opuzen area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Bebić.

Prevalence

About 840 people with faimily name Bebić live in Croatia today, in 330 households. There were 430 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 28 cities and 34 other places, mostly in Metkovic (340), Split (155), Zagreb (85), Gornji Muc in Sinj area (50), and in Ploce (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (6), Germany (2), Switzerland (2), the United States (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Bebić (including: Bebic , Bebich , Bebick and Bebych ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. "Bebich " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Ukraine , and small number of people in Australia. "Bebick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Milivoj Bebić, Vladimir Bebić, Luka Bebić, Domagoj Bebić, Ante Bebić, Vjekoslav Bebić, Dalibor Bebić, Mario Bebić, Tanja Bebić, Ranko Bebić, Tonći Bebić, Mile Bebić, Nikša Bebić, Snježana Bebić, Pjerino Bebić, Antonio Bebić, Marijan Bebić, Marijo Bebić, Ružica Bebić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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