Surname Beran in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Beran families are generally Croats (from Dubrovnik ), very rarely Slovenes (from Split ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Beran live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and another small place , mostly in Dubrovnik (<10), Orasac (<10), Zagreb (<10), Rijeka (<5), and in Split (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Beran (including: Berhan , Beheran , Beeran , Berran , Behran , Beraan and Bheran ) is present in 67 countries worldwide. The family name "Beran " is used by some 7000 people in Czech Republic , about 4000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in the Philippines. "Berhan " is used by some 20000 people in Ethiopia , about 200 in Malaysia , and some 100 people in the United States. "Berran " is used by some 100 people in Turkey , about 90 in the United States , and some 70 people in the Philippines.

Characteristic first names

Josip Beran, Jadranka Beran, Darija Beran, Majda Beran, Terezija Beran, Vinko Beran, Štepan Beran, Boško Beran, Suada Beran, Renato Beran, Barbara Beran, Nikolina Beran, Jan Beran, Zdenka Beran, Vladimir Beran, Hristina Beran, Darko Beran, Marko Beran, Maja Beran

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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