Surname Bete in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bete families are Croats (from Dubrovnik area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik area and in Dubrovnik. In Kuna Konavoska in Dubrovnik area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Bete.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Bete live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Mocici in Dubrovnik area (15), Dubrovnik (15), Zagreb (<10), Kuna Konavoska in Dubrovnik area (<5), and in Ivanic-Grad (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bete (including: Bethke , Bethe , Bette , Bethge , Bhete , Betee , Bethje , Beteh and Behte ) is present in 80 countries worldwide. "Bethe " is used by some 300 people in Cameroon , about 200 in Germany , and some 200 people in the United States. "Bette " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 600 in France , and some 600 people in the United States. "Behte " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Bete, Draženka Bete, Pasko Bete, Paula Bete, Marko Bete, Marina Bete, Katarina Bete, Ivona Bete, Jelena Bete, Kristina Bete, Niko Bete, Matija Bete, Luca Bete, Jele Bete, Đuro Bete, Ivo Bete, Janja Bete, Ane Bete, Marijana Bete

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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