In Croatia, Besten families are Croats (from Koprivnica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica area and in Koprivnica. In Pustakovec in Koprivnica area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Besten.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Besten live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 8 other places, mostly in Koprivnica (20), in Koprivnicki Ivanec (10) and Pustakovec (<10) in Koprivnica area, Starigrad (<10), and in Botinovec in Koprivnica area (<10).
