Surname Benko in modern Croatia

Benko families are Croats and they are mostly from Donja Stubica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Donja Stubica area. In Gornja Kupčina in Jastrebarsko every third inhabitant had the family name Benko.

Prevalence

About 1100 people with faimily name Benko live in Croatia today, in 430 households. There were 1100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 42 cities and 128 other places, mostly in Zagreb (210), Hum Stubicki in Donja Stubica area (60), Sesvete (45), Podrute (40), and in Moravce (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), the United States (4), Australia (2), and to Canada (1).
Family name Benko (including: Benco , Bencio , Bencko , Benchabo , Bencho , Benczo , Bbenko , Benchao and Benchino ) is present in 65 countries worldwide. The family name "Benko " is used by some 30000 people in Hungary , about 10000 in the United States , and some 7000 people in Ukraine. "Bencko " is used by small number of people in Slovakia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Czech Republic. "Benco " is used by some 700 people in Slovakia , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Marijan Benko, Vladimir Benko, Irena Benko, Bojan Benko, Sanja Benko, Koraljka Benko, Valentina Benko, Miroslav Benko, Snježana Benko, Damir Benko, Mirjana Benko, Goran Benko, Dino Benko, Pavle Benko, Ivica Benko, Anita Benko, Slavko Benko, Danijel Benko, Morena Benko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1683 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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