Surname Bek in modern Croatia

Bek families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area , barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 320 people with faimily name Bek live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 380 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Cepin in Osijek area (30), Vinica in Ivanec area (30), Zagreb (30), Varazdin (25), and in Osijek (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bek (including: Beck , Beek , Bekh , Bekk , Bechki , Beckh , Behk , Bhekh and Bhek ) is present in 176 countries worldwide. "Beck " is used by some 200000 people in the United States , about 100000 in Germany , and some 20000 people in Brazil. "Beek " is used by some 4000 people in the Netherlands , about 700 in the United States , and some 600 people in Germany. "Behk " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Renata Bek, Stanka Bek, Mirjana Bek, Branko Bek, Vladimir Bek, Želimir Bek, Ksenija Bek, Marija Bek, Tatjana Bek, Gordana Bek, Zdenko Bek, Loreta Bek, Ivan Bek, Dejan Bek, Darko Bek, Jasna Bek, Vilhelm Bek, Josip Bek, Vjekoslav Bek

Mentions in sources

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

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