Surname Besedić in modern Croatia

Besedić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Petrinja area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Karlovac.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Besedić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 160 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 14 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Karlovac (20), Rijeka (10), Lucko (10), and in Cakovec (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (3) and the United States (1).
Family name Besedić (including: Besedic , Besedich and Besedick ) is present in 11 countries on three continents. The family name "Besedic " is used by small number of people in Slovakia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Besedich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Besedick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Besedić, Tatjana Besedić, Mijo Besedić, Snježana Besedić, Jelena Besedić, Barbara Besedić, Ljerka Besedić, Krešimir Besedić, Mirko Besedić, Branka Besedić, Goran Besedić, Stjepan Besedić, Jasna Besedić, Katica Besedić, Bojan Besedić, Mladen Besedić, Damir Besedić, Loredana Besedić, Žaklina Besedić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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