Surname Benzon in modern Croatia

Benzon families are Croats and they are mostly from Solin (or Vranjic near Solin). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Solin.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Benzon live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 0 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Split (80), Vranjic (40), Zagreb (15), Dubrovnik (<10), and in Sibenik (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Benzon is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Benzon " is used by some 3000 people in the Philippines , about 500 in the United States , and some 200 people in Denmark.

Characteristic first names

Igor Benzon, Ivo Benzon, Ankica Benzon, Vesna Benzon, Davor Benzon, Zdeslav Benzon, Marina Benzon, Katija Benzon, Darko Benzon, Zoran Benzon, Verica Benzon, Zdenko Benzon, Maja Benzon, Tea Benzon, Ivan Benzon, Marin Benzon, Danja Benzon, Anka Benzon, Marijana Benzon

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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