Surname Benco in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Benco families are Croats (from Herzegovine ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Mostar area) and in Pula.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Benco live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Zagreb (<10), Split (<5), and in Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Benco (including: Benzo , Bencho ) is present in 49 countries worldwide. The family name "Benco " is used by some 700 people in Slovakia , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Brazil. "Bencho " is used by some 400 people in Ethiopia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Colombia.

Characteristic first names

Marinko Benco, Ninoslav Benco, Danijel Benco, Radojka Benco, Sanja Benco, Ivana Benco, Ivica Benco, Zdravka Benco, Zora Benco, Diego Benco, Nikola Benco, Vesna Benco, Marijo Benco, Nikolina Benco, Petra Benco, Bruna Benco, Graziella Benco, Alida Benco, Giuseppe Benco

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over eighty times, the first time 1683 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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