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Surname Bežan in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Bežan families are Croats (from Duga Resa area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Duga Resa area and in Karlovac.
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Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Bežan live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Mracin in Duga Resa area (15), Duga Resa (15), Karlovac (10), Petlovac in Beli Manastir area (<5), and in Vukovar (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Bežan (including: Bezan , Bezhan , Bezzan and Bezaan ) is present in 30 countries worldwide.
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Characteristic first names
Dubravka Bežan,
Mirjana Bežan,
Goran Bežan,
Dario Bežan,
Slavo Bežan,
Nada Bežan,
Dražen Bežan,
Zdenko Bežan,
Marijo Bežan,
Djurdja Bežan,
Sandra Bežan,
Ivana Bežan,
Josip Bežan,
Jelena Bežan,
Barka Bežan,
Gordana Bežan,
Gordan Bežan,
Martina Bežan,
Ksenija Bežan