Surname Bece in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bece families are mainly Croats (from Osijek area ), equally Hungarians (also from Osijek area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek area and in Osijek.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Bece live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties, two cities and four other places, mostly in Laslovo in Osijek area (20), Osijek (15), Cepin in Osijek area (<10), Sisak (<5), and in Darda in Osijek area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bece (including: Beche , Beze , Böce , Becce , Beeche , Betze , Beece , Bezze and Beeze ) is present in 58 countries worldwide. "Betze " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Beece " is used by small number of people in Thailand and small number in the United States. "Beeche " is used by some 200 people in Costa Rica , about 90 in Chile , and some 90 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Verica Bece, Željka Bece, Franjo Bece, Tibor Bece, Zdenka Bece, Aron Bece, Tomislav Bece, Olivera Bece, David Bece, Nada Bece, Zoltan Bece, Ladislav Bece, Mihalj Bece, Tatjana Bece, Rade Bece, Boris Bece, Andreas Bece, Maria Bece, Daniel Bece

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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