Surname Begić in modern Croatia

Begić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina , rarely Bosniaks (from Cazinska Krajina Region, Bosnia) and Serbs. The surname Begic is mentioned around 1700 in Vrpolje. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area) and in Cazins Region, Bosnia (Sanski Most area). In Gradac in Bosanian Posavina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Begić.

Prevalence

About 2000 people with faimily name Begić live in Croatia today, in 840 households. There were 390 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 82 cities and 234 other places, mostly in Zagreb (545), Slavonski Brod (100), Sesvete (65), Rijeka (65), and in Sisak (60).

Outside Croatia

At least 39 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (19), Austria (6), Switzerland (4), Sweden (3), the United States (2), Australia (2), France (1), Canada (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Begić (including: Begic , Begich , Begick , Begichiev and Begitsch ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. The family name "Begic " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 1000 in the United States , and some 800 people in Turkey. "Begich " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Russian Federation. "Begick " is used by some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Begić, Vlasta Begić, Dragica Begić, Mirjana Begić, Vanesa Begić, Željko Begić, Ljerka Begić, Jasminka Begić, Miro Begić, Ivana Begić, Dražen Begić, Tihomir Begić, Ljubo Begić, Jozo Begić, Nediljko Begić, Drago Begić, Helena Begić, Marija Begić, Andreja Begić

Mentions in sources

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

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