Surname Bešenić in modern Croatia

Bešenić families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdinske Toplice. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdinske Toplice and Varazdin. U Gradu Varaždinskim Toplicama every sixth inhabitant had the family name Bešenić.

Prevalence

About 390 people with faimily name Bešenić live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 36 other places, mostly in Petkovec Toplicki (80), Varazdinske Toplice (75), Zagreb (50), Varazdin (30), and in Crnile (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bešenić (including: Besenic , Beshenich , Bessenich and Besenick ) is present in five countries on two continents. "Beshenich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Besenick " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Barbara Bešenić, Krunoslav Bešenić, Valent Bešenić, Robert Bešenić, Stanislav Bešenić, Marija Bešenić, Tomislav Bešenić, Ivanka Bešenić, Suzana Bešenić, Dragutin Bešenić, Kata Bešenić, Stjepan Bešenić, Josip Bešenić, Zoran Bešenić, Mladen Bešenić, Milica Bešenić, Davorin Bešenić, Željka Bešenić, Mirko Bešenić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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