Surname Bešan in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Bešan live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and another small place , mostly in Vrbovec (15), Zagreb (<5), Slatina (<5), and in Rugvica in Dugo Selo area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bešan (including: Besan , Bessan , Beshan , Bessanh , Bessman , Bessmann , Beschmann , Beschman , Beesan and Beshlyan ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. "Bessman " is used by some 300 people in the United States , small number in Thailand , and small number of people in Poland. "Beschman " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dubravka Bešan, Stjepan Bešan, Darka Bešan, Josip Bešan, Đurđa Bešan, Marica Bešan, Zrinko Bešan, Željko Bešan, Franjo Bešan, Marija Bešan, Zlata Bešan, Božidar Bešan, Ana Bešan, Ružica Bešan, Irma Bešan, Ivka Bešan, Darko Bešan, Petra Bešan, Matija Bešan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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