Surname Bedeković in modern Croatia

Bedeković families are Croats and they are mostly from Bjelovar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Velika Gorica. In Mičevec in Velika Gorica every sixth inhabitant had the family name Bedeković.

Prevalence

About 860 people with faimily name Bedeković live in Croatia today, in 360 households. There were 990 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 28 cities and 89 other places, mostly in Zagreb (265), Pitomaca in Djurdjevac area (90), Micevec (55), Sandrovac in Bjelovar area (25), and in Velika Gorica (25).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Germany (2), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Bedeković (including: Bedekovic , Bedekovich and Bedekovics ) is present in 10 countries on two continents. "Bedekovich " is used by some 50 people in the United States and small number in Hungary. "Bedekovics " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tihomir Bedeković, Dražen Bedeković, Ivan Bedeković, Gordan Bedeković, Vladimir Bedeković, Jasenka Bedeković, Dragutin Bedeković, Martina Bedeković, Mario Bedeković, Tatjana Bedeković, Vesna Bedeković, Miroslav Bedeković, Josip Bedeković, Damir Bedeković, Anđelka Bedeković, Emil Bedeković, Zlata Bedeković, Branka Bedeković, Srećko Bedeković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over sixty times, the first time 1701 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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