Surname Beker in modern Croatia

Beker families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Osijek , less frequently Hungarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Beker live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Laslovo in Osijek area (10), Osijek (<10), Gundinci in Djakovo area (<10), and in Kriz in Ivanic-Grad area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Germany (1).
Family name Beker (including: Becker , Bekker , Becer , Bekher , Bechker , Bekeer , Beckker , Beckher and Beckeer ) is present in 159 countries worldwide. "Becker " is used by some 300000 people in Germany , about 200000 in the United States , and some 80000 people in Brazil. "Becer " is used by some 2000 people in Turkey , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Beeker " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 400 in Germany , and some 300 people in the Netherlands.

Characteristic first names

Tatjana Beker, Zdenka Beker, Dubravka Beker, Miroslav Beker, Zdenko Beker, Žarko Beker, Željko Beker, Darko Beker, Anica Beker, Alen Beker, Natalija Beker, Jasna Beker, Josip Beker, Melita Beker, Jasminka Beker, Zdravko Beker, Loris Beker, Erno Beker, Anamarija Beker

Mentions in sources

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

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