Surname Benšek in modern Croatia

Benšek families are Croats and they are mostly from Zagreb. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pula.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Benšek live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Zagreb (70), Labin (<5), Vrbovec (<5), Novalja on the Island of Pag (<5), and in Igrisce in Zapresic area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Benšek is present in three countries on two continents. The family name "Bensek " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Renato Benšek, Ivica Benšek, Branko Benšek, Lovorka Benšek, Mirjana Benšek, Nikolina Benšek, Ivan Benšek, Darko Benšek, Nenad Benšek, Danko Benšek, Ksenija Benšek, Petar Benšek, Tomislav Benšek, Nevenko Benšek, Marijan Benšek, Dubravka Benšek, Dubravko Benšek, Rudolf Benšek, Dražen Benšek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories