Surname Beg in modern Croatia

Beg families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Rab. According to some sources they are from Dubrovnik area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Rab and in Rijeka. In Begovo Brdo Žumberačko in Jastrebarsko area every second inhabitant had the family name Beg.

Prevalence

About 400 people with faimily name Beg live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 440 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 31 other places, mostly in Palit (70) and Mundanije (60) on the Island of Rab, Zagreb (60), Karlovac (35), and in Banjol on the Island of Rab (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 19 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (7), Australia (5), Canada (5), Austria (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Beg (including: Begg , Begh , Beghi , Begha , Beggi , Beeg , Bheg , Beggy and Beghe ) is present in 99 countries worldwide. "Begg " is used by some 2000 people in South Africa , about 1000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Pakistan. "Beeg " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 100 in Pakistan , and some 100 people in the United States. "Beggy " is used by some 90 people in the United States and about 90 in Indonesia.

Characteristic first names

Leonardo Beg, Saša Beg, Mirjana Beg, Milan Beg, Tomislav Beg, Ilija Beg, Biljana Beg, Dubravka Beg, Zdenko Beg, Luciano Beg, Robert Beg, Davor Beg, Dijana Beg, Željko Beg, Vladimir Beg, Damir Beg, Anđelko Beg, Ljiljana Beg, Lidija Beg

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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