Surname Bence in modern Croatia

Bence families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Bence live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Cakovec (10), Svetoblazje in Djakovo area (<10), Osijek (<10), and in Slavonski Brod (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Sweden (1).
Family name Bence (including: Benze , Benche , Bentze , Benzee and Bhence ) is present in 63 countries worldwide. The family name "Bence " is used by some 5000 people in Hungary , about 2000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in South Africa. "Bentze " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in France. "Bhence " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Janko Bence, Snežana Bence, Katarina Bence, Dražen Bence, Dinko Bence, Igor Bence, Tibor Bence, Dario Bence, Karlo Bence, Stjepan Bence, Mirela Bence, Alen Bence, Branimir Bence, Slavko Bence, Bruno Bence, Katica Bence, Boris Bence, Tomislav Bence, Anđelka Bence

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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