Surname Bednar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bednar families are predominantly Croats (from Novska area ), very rarely Czechs (also from Novska area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Karlovac.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Bednar live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Lipovljani in Novska area (<5), Karlovac (<5), Porec (<5), Osijek (<5), and in Krivaj in Novska area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bednar is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Bednar " is used by some 10000 people in the United States , about 7000 in Czech Republic , and some 5000 people in Slovakia. "Bednár " is used by some 3000 people in Czech Republic , about 400 in Slovakia , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivana Bednar, Dubravko Bednar, Đurđica Bednar, Peter Bednar, Vilma Bednar, Goran Bednar, Ina Bednar, Karlo Bednar, Blaž Bednar, Slavica Bednar, Hinko Bednar, Virginia Bednar, Mato Bednar, Štefanija Bednar, Ljuba Bednar, Marica Bednar, Michal Bednar, Ivan Bednar, Matko Bednar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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