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Surname Benzia in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Benzia families are Croats (from the Island of Pag ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Opatija and on the Island of Pag.
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Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Benzia live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and two other places, mostly in Split (<10), Pag on the Island of Pag (<10), Mavrinci in Rijeka area (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).
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Outside Croatia
At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Austria (2), the United States (2), Germany (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Benzia is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Benzia " is used by small number of people in Algeria , small number in France , and small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Nada Benzia,
Tonči Benzia,
Marijana Benzia,
Robert Benzia,
Neven Benzia,
Zdravko Benzia,
Vlado Benzia,
Diana Benzia,
Miroslav Benzia,
Branko Benzia,
Ivan Benzia,
Tanja Benzia,
Nevenka Benzia,
Ana Benzia,
Josip Benzia,
Ivanka Benzia,
Dragica Benzia,
Dijana Benzia,
Edgar Benzia