Surname Behin in modern Croatia

Behin families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zlatar area and in Varazdin. In Stari Golubovec in Zlatar area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Behin.

Prevalence

About 240 people with faimily name Behin live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Stari Golubovec in Zlatar area (55), Zagreb (45), Varazdin (35), Koprivnica (30), and in Jarmina in Vinkovci area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Behin (including: Bechin , Bechlin , Bechemin , Bethin , Beechin , Bechain , Bethain , Bechtin and Bethien ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. "Bethin " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Beechin " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Malaysia , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Behin, Josip Behin, Snježana Behin, Marija Behin, Ivica Behin, Jadranka Behin, Darko Behin, Ivan Behin, Željko Behin, Danijela Behin, Svjetlana Behin, Đuro Behin, Slavko Behin, Viktorija Behin, Marijan Behin, Mira Behin, Sanja Behin, Smiljka Behin, Dragutin Behin

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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