Surname Bestvina in modern Croatia

Bestvina families are Croats and they are mostly from Djakovo area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Nasice.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Bestvina live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and 8 other places, mostly in Osijek (25), Cepin in Osijek area (20), Markovac Nasicki (10), Nasice (<10), and in Vukovar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bestvina is present in 8 countries on three continents. The family name "Bestvina " is used by some 80 people in the United States , small number in Brazil , and small number in Switzerland. "Bestwina " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Brazil , and small number of people in Poland.

Characteristic first names

Melita Bestvina, Natalija Bestvina, Vladimir Bestvina, Dražen Bestvina, Stanko Bestvina, Jasminka Bestvina, Davor Bestvina, Zoran Bestvina, Tomislav Bestvina, Zdravko Bestvina, Božidar Bestvina, Blaženka Bestvina, Mladen Bestvina, Ivan Bestvina, Zrinka Bestvina, Kristijan Bestvina, Sanja Bestvina, Vedran Bestvina, Anita Bestvina

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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