In Croatia, Benšić families are Croats (from Djurdjevac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and in Djurdjevac area. In Dragošička in Dugo Selo area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Benšić.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Benšić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Recica (25), Kalinovac in Djurdjevac area (10), Osijek (<10), Dugo Selo (<5), and in Starigrad (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.