Benger families are Croats and they are mostly from Oroslavje area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac area and in Oroslavje area.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Benger live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, four cities and 10 other places, mostly in Stubicke Toplice in Oroslavje area (35), Pitomaca in Djurdjevac area (20), Sesvete (<10), Velika Cresnjevica in Djurdjevac area (<10), and in Kostrena in Bakr area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Benger is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Benger " is used by some 600 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Australia.
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.
