Surname Bečko in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bečko families are Croats (from Sinj area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and in Sinj area.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Bečko live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 6 cities and two other places, mostly in Grab in Sinj area (20), Sinj (10), Zagreb (<10), Nasice (<5), and in Split (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bečko (including: Becko , Bechko , Becco , Becchio , Beccio , Bechenko , Beechko and Bechanko ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. The family name "Becko " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 100 in France , and small number of people in Ghana. "Bechko " is used by some 100 people in Ukraine , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States. "Beechko " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Šimun Bečko, Vjekoslav Bečko, Monika Bečko, Senka Bečko, Ivan Bečko, Anita Bečko, Marijana Bečko, Tonći Bečko, Ivica Bečko, Ana Bečko, Ante Bečko, Mate Bečko, Anđelka Bečko, Marija Bečko, Duje Bečko, Tereža Bečko, Pera Bečko, Mirko Bečko, Jasna Bečko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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