Surname Beketić in modern Croatia

Beketić families are Croats and they are mostly from Jastrebarsko area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Jastrebarsko area and in Zagreb. In Pribić in Jastrebarsko area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Beketić.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Beketić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Pribic in Jastrebarsko area (20), Luzani in Pleternica area (20), Sesvete (<10), and in Pribic Crkveni in Jastrebarsko area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Beketić (including: Beketic , Beketich ) is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Beketic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Beketich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Beketić, Vlatka Beketić, Zdravko Beketić, Igor Beketić, Marijan Beketić, Biserka Beketić, Mladen Beketić, Jelena Beketić, Željko Beketić, Jasmina Beketić, Nenad Beketić, Alen Beketić, Ivana Beketić, Sanja Beketić, Željka Beketić, Darko Beketić, Marijo Beketić, Vladimir Beketić, Zlatica Beketić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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