In Croatia, Benija families are Croats (from Slatina area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slatina area and in Slatina.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Benija live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in only four naselja i to in Slatina (<10), Sopje in Slatina area (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Donji Meljani (<5).