Surname Belčević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Belčević families are Croats (from Glina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina and in Bosanian Posavina (Brcko area). In Desni Degoj in Glina every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Belčević.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Belčević live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Staro Pracno (<10), Desni Degoj (<5), Velika Gorica (<5), Pescenica in Petrinja area (<5), and in Sisak (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Belčević (including: Belcevic , Belcevich and Belchevich ) is present in five countries on two continents. The family name "Belcevic " is used by few people in the United States. "Belcevich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Berislav Belčević, Nikola Belčević, Daniel Belčević, Ivana Belčević, Ivica Belčević, Mira Belčević, Vesna Belčević, Jana Belčević, Ana Belčević, Bara Belčević, Stjepan Belčević, Vera Belčević, Milan Belčević, Emil Belčević, Marica Belčević, Višnja Belčević, Romana Belčević, Marta Belčević, Nikolina Belčević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1935 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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