Surname Beer in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Beer families are generally Croats (from Djakovo area ), very rarely Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Beer live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Varazdin (<10), Samobor (<5), Nasice (<5), and in Dubrava kod Sibenika (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Beer (including: Beher , Beheer , Böer , Beerer , Bheer and Beehr ) is present in 111 countries worldwide. The family name "Beer " is used by some 40000 people in Germany , about 30000 in South Africa , and some 20000 people in the United States. "Beehr " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Beher " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and some 50 people in Chile.

Characteristic first names

Eduard Beer, Želimir Beer, Zlata Beer, Otto Beer, Rene Beer, Janja Beer, Juraj Beer, Ivana Beer, Gergelj Beer, Višnja Beer, Zsuzsanna Beer, Gordana Beer, Ankica Beer, Dragutin Beer, Žiga Beer, Josip Beer, Ana Beer, Vojka Beer, Željko Beer

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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