Surname Benedetti in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Benedetti families are generally Croats (from Pazin area ), very rarely Italians (from Kutina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Kutina.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Benedetti live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 5 other places, mostly in Popovaca in Kutina area (<10), Kraljevica (<10), Tinjan in Pazin area (<10), Gornji Vukojevac in Petrinja area (<5), and in Kutina (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Benedetti (including: Benedetty , Bennedetti and Benedettie ) is present in 73 countries worldwide. "Benedettie " is used by few people in the United States. "Bennedetti " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Benedetty " is used by some 200 people in Colombia , about 50 in Puerto Rico , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Benedetti, Nada Benedetti, Damir Benedetti, Marin Benedetti, Borislav Benedetti, Nenad Benedetti, Dean Benedetti, Simona Benedetti, Mirjana Benedetti, Samanta Benedetti, Fulvio Benedetti, Maurizio Benedetti, Regina Benedetti, Marija Benedetti, Štefica Benedetti, Gracijela Benedetti, Barbara Benedetti, Sabrina Benedetti, Ivan Benedetti

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1642 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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