Surname Bešević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bešević families are predominantly Serbs, rarely Croats (from Vinkovci ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis area and in Vinkovci. In Baljci in Drnis area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Bešević.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Bešević live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and threee other places, mostly in Vinkovci (<10), Split (<5), Sibenik (<5), Velika Gorica (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bešević (including: Besevic , Beshkevich , Besevich and Beshevich ) is present in five countries on two continents. The family name "Besevic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Besevich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tatjana Bešević, Mladen Bešević, Elvisa Bešević, Elizabeta Bešević, Dijana Bešević, Nikola Bešević, Vanja Bešević, Branko Bešević, Željko Bešević, Boris Bešević, Marko Bešević, Milan Bešević, Milica Bešević, Đuro Bešević, Nedeljko Bešević, Aleksa Bešević, Lazo Bešević, Pera Bešević, Eleonora Bešević

Mentions in sources

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

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