Surname Bencek in modern Croatia

Bencek families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lepoglava and Zagreb. In Bednjica in Lepoglava every eighth inhabitant had the family name Bencek.

Prevalence

About 340 people with faimily name Bencek live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 60 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Bednjica (25), Bedenec (20), Ivanec (20), and in Koprivnica (15).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), Switzerland (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Bencek (including: Benchekh , Bencheci , Benchek , Bencheck , Bencec and Benzek ) is present in 20 countries on four continents. "Benchek " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Morocco. "Bencheck " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marko Bencek, Goran Bencek, Vlado Bencek, Monika Bencek, Emina Bencek, Davor Bencek, Branka Bencek, Reza Bencek, Lidija Bencek, Ivica Bencek, Zvonimir Bencek, Mirko Bencek, Marica Bencek, Josip Bencek, Marija Bencek, Boris Bencek, Branislav Bencek, Darko Bencek, Ivan Bencek

Mentions in sources

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

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