Surname Bedenik in modern Croatia

Bedenik families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Bedenik live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Petrijanec in Varazdin area (25), Varazdin (15), Novacka in Djurdjevac area (10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Bedenik (including: Bedenic , Bedenick ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Bedenik " is used by some 100 people in Germany , about 80 in Austria , and small number of people in the United States. "Bedenick " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dragana Bedenik, Ljiljana Bedenik, Boris Bedenik, Zoran Bedenik, Mario Bedenik, Robert Bedenik, Stanko Bedenik, Zehra Bedenik, Mirela Bedenik, Toma Bedenik, Saša Bedenik, Kristijan Bedenik, Davor Bedenik, Dunja Bedenik, Damir Bedenik, Andrija Bedenik, Angelik Bedenik, Pavao Bedenik, Milojka Bedenik

Mentions in sources

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

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