Surname Benz in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Benz families are Croats (from Herzegovine ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Mostar area).

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Benz live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Dubrovnik (<10), Split (<5), Ogulin (<5), Borovo in Vukovar area (<5), and in Belajske Poljice in Duga Resa area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Benz is present in 99 countries worldwide. The family name "Benz " is used by some 20000 people in Germany , about 10000 in Algeria , and some 8000 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marin Benz, Ana Benz, Ljubica Benz, Nevenka Benz, Jela Benz, Joachim Benz, Jelka Benz, Vanda Benz, Mirna Benz, Adam Benz, Ajka Benz, Elke Benz, Helena Benz, Katica Benz, Wilhelm Benz

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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