Surname Bedić in modern Croatia

Bedić families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb. In places Gračac Slavetićki and Slavetić in Jastrebarsko every sixth inhabitant had the family name Bedić.

Prevalence

About 360 people with faimily name Bedić live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 320 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 46 other places, mostly in Zagreb (75), Cakovec (55), Kebel in Lepoglava area (40), Jastrebarsko (20), and in Mihovljan (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bedić (including: Bedic , Bedich , Bedics , Bedick , Beddick , Bedych , Bedicz and Beditsch ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. "Bedich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Russian Federation. "Bedics " is used by some 200 people in the United States and about 100 in Hungary. "Bedick " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Katarina Bedić, Dražen Bedić, Damir Bedić, Željko Bedić, Sonja Bedić, Marko Bedić, Dragutin Bedić, Vesna Bedić, Željka Bedić, Branko Bedić, Tatjana Bedić, Ljubica Bedić, Ivan Bedić, Barica Bedić, Vjekoslav Bedić, Božena Bedić, Josip Bedić, Vlatka Bedić, Ankica Bedić

Mentions in sources

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

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