Surname Benačić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Benačić families are Croats (from Vinkovci area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vinkovci area and in Cazma.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Benačić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and four other places, mostly in Retkovci in Vinkovci area (20), Vinkovci (<10), Paruzevac in Vrbovec area (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Gornji Dragicevci (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Benačić (including: Benacic , Benacich ) is present in two countries.

Characteristic first names

Marija Benačić, Krunoslav Benačić, Goran Benačić, Siniša Benačić, Dinka Benačić, Vera Benačić, Djuro Benačić, Dijana Benačić, Stjepan Benačić, Martin Benačić, Ljubica Benačić, Ankica Benačić, Kata Benačić, Katica Benačić, Mato Benačić, Ružica Benačić, Ana Benačić, Ilija Benačić, Marta Benačić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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