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.
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.
