Surname Benak in modern Croatia

Benak families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Beli Manastir area , often Serbs, very rarely Czechs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Hrvatska Kostajnica area and in Beli Manastir area. In Paukovac in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Benak.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Benak live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Slavonski Brod (20), Baranjsko Petrovo Selo in Beli Manastir area (20), Zagreb (10), Paukovac in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (10), and in Draz in Beli Manastir area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Benak (including: Benac , Benachir , Benack , Benach , Benacci , Benák , Benachi , Benaci and Bennack ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. The family name "Benak " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Czech Republic , and some 600 people in Algeria. "Benack " is used by some 300 people in the United States and about 100 in Germany. "Bennack " is used by some 70 people in Brazil and about 60 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Benak, Davorin Benak, Zdenko Benak, Antun Benak, Borivoj Benak, Eržebet Benak, Dinka Benak, Adriana Benak, Pavo Benak, Dejan Benak, Radmila Benak, Duška Benak, Srđan Benak, Ivan Benak, Anđa Benak, Ljubica Benak, Stipo Benak, Mirjana Benak, Danijel Benak

Mentions in sources

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

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