Benkus families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec and Varazdin.
Prevalence
About 130 people with faimily name Benkus live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Varazdin (20), Bjelovar (15), Gacice (15), Zagreb (10), and in Cerje Nebojse in Ivanec area (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Benkus is present in 8 countries on four continents. The family name "Benkus " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Lithuania.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.
