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Surname Beč in modern Croatia
Beč families are podjednako Croats (the family name originates from Cakovec ) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Hrvatska Kostajnica area and in Cakovec. In Vršani in Bosnian Krajina every sixth inhabitant had the family name Beč.
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Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Beč live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Cakovec (10), Petrovci in Vukovar area (10), Crkveni Bok in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Slavonski Brod (<10).
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Outside Croatia
At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (1), the United States (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Beč (including: Beck , Bec , Bech , Beche , Betsch , Beci , Bezz , Becs , Becz and Becth ) is present in 172 countries worldwide. "Betsch " is used by some 800 people in Germany , about 600 in the United States , and some 400 people in France. "Becz " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Becth " is used by few people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Sonja Beč,
Jasna Beč,
Boris Beč,
Tihomir Beč,
Željko Beč,
Milka Beč,
Nenad Beč,
Đulijana Beč,
Dušan Beč,
Sanja Beč,
Ivan Beč,
Ksenija Beč,
Stevo Beč,
Siniša Beč,
Željka Beč,
Dejan Beč,
Savo Beč,
Janja Beč,
Stjepan Beč
