Surname Bešir in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bešir families are mainly Serbs, less frequently Croats (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Obrovac area and in Zagreb. In Kruge in Obrovac area every third inhabitant had the family name Bešir.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Bešir live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Pula (<10), Vinkovci (<5), Nebljusi in Obrovac area (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bešir (including: Beshir , Besier , Beshier , Besheir , Beschier , Besir , Bessier , Bessoir and Beschir ) is present in 50 countries worldwide. "Besier " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 90 people in the Netherlands. "Beshier " is used by some 1000 people in Egypt , about 200 in Sudan , and small number of people in the United States. "Bessoir " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivana Bešir, Nebojša Bešir, Željka Bešir, Borislav Bešir, Miroslav Bešir, Milan Bešir, Nevenka Bešir, Nataša Bešir, Radoslav Bešir, Izabela Bešir, Boško Bešir, Danica Bešir, Sava Bešir, Vlado Bešir, Marica Bešir, Čedomir Bešir, Diana Bešir, Dejan Bešir, Smilja Bešir

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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