Surname Benčik in modern Croatia

Benčik families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec , s according to some sources they are from Slovakia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Benčik live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Cakovec (30), Pula (15), Gradina in Virovitica area (10), Osijek (<10), and in Brezine (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Australia (1).
Family name Benčik (including: Bencik , Bencheikh , Benchikh , Bencic , Bencsik , Benchik , Benczik , Bencheik , Bencick and Benchick ) is present in 51 countries worldwide. "Bencick " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Benchick " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Bencsik " is used by some 3000 people in Hungary , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Romania.

Characteristic first names

Irena Benčik, Vesna Benčik, Dragica Benčik, Gordana Benčik, Bojan Benčik, Siniša Benčik, Tomislav Benčik, Vladimir Benčik, Davor Benčik, Timotej Benčik, Franjo Benčik, Nikola Benčik, Karmenka Benčik, Josip Benčik, Vesnica Benčik, Aleksandra Benčik, Darko Benčik, Miroslav Benčik, Silvio Benčik

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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