Surname Beno in modern Croatia

Beno families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina , rarely Hungarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Capljina area) and in Dubrovnik. In places Hotanj and Domanovići in Herzegovina every seventh inhabitant had the family name Beno.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Beno live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Bilje in Osijek area (<10), Dubrovnik (<10), Semeljci in Djakovo area (<10), and in Busevec (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Beno (including: Benno , Benoo , Benoh , Bheno and Behno ) is present in 78 countries worldwide. The family name "Beno " is used by some 9000 people in Slovakia , about 5000 in the United States , and some 4000 people in Tanzania.

Characteristic first names

Krešimir Beno, Gordana Beno, Vjekoslav Beno, Goroslava Beno, Renata Beno, Anđelko Beno, Boris Beno, Dominik Beno, Danko Beno, Dragan Beno, Ozana Beno, Marijan Beno, Ante Beno, Renato Beno, Ivan Beno, Lovro Beno, Igor Beno, Rina Beno, Frano Beno

Mentions in sources

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.

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