In Croatia, Bešen families are Croats (from Vrbovec area ), barely Germans (also from Vrbovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovec area and in Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Bešen live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, threee cities and 9 other places, mostly in Sesvete (15), Vrbovec (15), Zagreb (15), Suhopolje in Virovitica area (<10), and in Ledina in Vrbovec area (<5).
