Surname Benedik in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Benedik families are Croats (from Vrbovec ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovec and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Benedik live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Celine (20), Vrbovec (10), Zagreb (<10), Savska Cesta (<10), and in Podvinje (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Benedik (including: Benedick , Benedic , Benedyk , Bennedick , Benedík , Bennedik , Bennedich and Benedicht ) is present in 47 countries worldwide. The family name "Benedik " is used by some 500 people in Ukraine , about 400 in Brazil , and some 300 people in the United States. "Benedick " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 700 in the Philippines , and some 100 people in the Netherlands. "Bennedik " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Davor Benedik, Marijan Benedik, Snježana Benedik, Jasna Benedik, Ivan Benedik, Branka Benedik, Dražen Benedik, Božica Benedik, Vlado Benedik, Zdravko Benedik, Mirko Benedik, Gordana Benedik, Tomislav Benedik, Ljudmila Benedik, Branko Benedik, Mihajl Benedik, Vladimir Benedik, Tatjana Benedik, Zoran Benedik

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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