Besednik families are Croats and they are mostly from Zabok area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zabok area and in Zagreb. In places Ravnice and Velika Erpenja in Zabok area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Besednik.
Prevalence
About 260 people with faimily name Besednik live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 320 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 26 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), in Ravnice (55) and Dubrovcan (20) in Zabok area, Cerna in Zupanja area (20), and in Karlovac (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Besednik is present in 7 countries on two continents. The family name "Besednik " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.