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Surname Bet in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Bet families are generally Croats (from Bjelovar area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar area and in Djurdjevac area. In Botinac in Bjelovar area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Bet.
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Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Bet live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and 6 other places, mostly in Bjelovar (<10), Virje in Djurdjevac area (<10), in Babotok (<10) and Kapela (<5) in Bjelovar area, and in Miholjanec in Djurdjevac area (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Bet (including: Bett , Beth , Betha , Bethe , Bethi , Beet , Bhet , Bedth and Beht ) is present in 143 countries worldwide. "Beth " is used by some 6000 people in the United States , about 4000 in Brazil , and some 2000 people in Uganda. "Bett " is used by some 40000 people in Kenya , about 2000 in Brazil , and some 600 people in the United States. "Bhet " is used by few people in Indonesia and few people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Vesna Bet,
Ivan Bet,
Aleksandra Bet,
Brankica Bet,
Stevo Bet,
Tomislav Bet,
Đuro Bet,
Ana Bet,
Damir Bet,
Jadranka Bet,
Katica Bet,
Jasna Bet,
Tihomir Bet,
Dorica Bet,
Mara Bet,
Stjepan Bet,
Katarina Bet,
Bara Bet,
Slavica Bet
