Bengez families are Croats and they are mostly from Bjelovar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Bjelovar area.
Prevalence
About 250 people with faimily name Bengez live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (155), in Stara Raca (20) and Dautan (15) in Bjelovar area, Vrbovec (<10), and in Samobor (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Bengez is present in five countries on two continents. The family name "Bengez " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.