Besek families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novi Marof area and in Varazdin.
Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Besek live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Vrbovo in Novi Marof area (25), Vrbanja in Zupanja area (15), Zagreb (15), Suhopolje in Virovitica area (10), and in Varazdin (<10).
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.