In Croatia, Bez families are mainly Croats (from Lipik ), less frequently Italians (also from Lipik ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pakrac and Lipik. In Strižičevac in Lipik every fifth inhabitant had the family name Bez.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Bez 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 two Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Strizicevac (10), Kutina (<10), Pakrac (<10), Lipik (<5), and in Veliki Banovac (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.