Surname Beus in modern Croatia

Beus families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrgorac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrgorac and in Herzegovina (Ljubuski area).

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Beus live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Makarska (50), Zagreb (50), Stilja (20), Zavojane (10), and in Split (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Beus (including: Behush , Beuss ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Beus " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 500 in Germany , and some 100 people in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Antun Beus, Zvonimir Beus, Gojko Beus, Goran Beus, Ivan Beus, Davor Beus, Jadranka Beus, Ljubo Beus, Josip Beus, Nataša Beus, Svemir Beus, Željko Beus, Zorica Beus, Katarina Beus, Marina Beus, Ana Beus, Vanja Beus, Jozo Beus, Ružica Beus

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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