Surname Bencerić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bencerić families are almost entirely Croats (from Vrbovec ), very rarely Greeks (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ivanic-Grad.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Bencerić live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Zagreb (25), Posavski Bregi (<5), Vrbovec (<5), Greda (<5), and in Peskovec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bencerić is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Renata Bencerić, Ivan Bencerić, Tibor Bencerić, Jasna Bencerić, Darko Bencerić, Zlata Bencerić, Mladen Bencerić, Danaja Bencerić, Stjepan Bencerić, Vladimir Bencerić, Antonija Bencerić, Željka Bencerić, Dražen Bencerić, Vesna Bencerić, Davor Bencerić, Tatjana Bencerić, Valerija Bencerić, Damjan Bencerić, Ana Bencerić

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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