Surname Benja.

  • Surname Benja in modern Croatia

    Benja families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and Split.

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  • Prevalence

    About 90 people with faimily name Benja live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
    They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Brnaze (55), Sinj (10), Ilok (<10), Split (<10), and in Zagreb (<5).

  • Outside Croatia


    Family name Benja (including: Begna , Benia , Benya , Benyah , Benjaa , Benyaa and Bhenya ) is present in 70 countries worldwide.

  • Characteristic first names

    Davor Benja, Hrvoje Benja, Željko Benja, Drago Benja, Diana Benja, Snježana Benja, Nenad Benja, Mario Benja, Dalija Benja, Kristina Benja, Mladen Benja, Vedran Benja, Boris Benja, Marina Benja, Josipa Benja, Juraj Benja, Darija Benja, Marica Benja, Pino Benja

  • Last name Benja around the globe

    See the countries where surname Benja is common, frequency and prevalence at mondonomo.ai

  • Mentions in sources

    In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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