Surname Bešić in modern Croatia

Bešić families are mainly Bosniaks and they are mostly from Cazinska Krajina Region (Bosnia), whereas often Croats (also from Cazinska Krajina Region , Bosnia), rarely Roms (srednja Bosna). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Bosnian Krajina (Prijedor area). In Falešići in Tuzla Region (Bosnia) every second inhabitant had the family name Bešić.

Prevalence

About 690 people with faimily name Bešić live in Croatia today, in 280 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 42 cities and 47 other places, mostly in Zagreb (300), Sesvete (65), Pula (60), Split (50), and in Rijeka (30).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Germany (2), Austria (1), Switzerland (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Bešić (including: Besic , Besich , Bessick , Besslich , Beshich , Besick , Bessich , Beshic , Besych and Bessic ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. The family name "Besic " is used by some 800 people in Germany , about 700 in the United States , and some 300 people in Austria. "Besich " is used by some 100 people in Peru and about 90 in the United States. "Bessich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dijana Bešić, Domagoj Bešić, Erim Bešić, Stanislav Bešić, Emir Bešić, Tajana Bešić, Robert Bešić, Ružica Bešić, Petar Bešić, Izet Bešić, Senita Bešić, Enes Bešić, Damir Bešić, Adnan Bešić, Idriz Bešić, Draginja Bešić, Oliver Bešić, Nermin Bešić, Mirela Bešić

Mentions in sources

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

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