Surname Benč in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Benč families are Croats (from Prelog ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Serbia.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Benč live in Croatia today, in one household only.
They are located in one Croatian city only, in Prelog (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Benč (including: Benc , Bench , Benci , Benck , Bencz , Bencs , Benche , Bencie , Bentsch and Benzz ) is present in 70 countries worldwide. "Bench " is used by some 4000 people in the United States , about 800 in the Philippines , and some 800 people in Algeria. "Benzz " is used by few people in the United States. "Bencz " is used by some 200 people in Hungary , about 200 in Brazil , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jasmina Benč, Julio Benč, Silvio Benč, Božidar Benč, Jacinta Benč, Marina Benč, Stanka Benč, Klara Benč, Dimitrije Benč, Benjamin Benč, Jakov Benč

Mentions in sources

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

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