In Croatia, Hencz families are Hungarians (from Bjelovar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and in Bjelovar area.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Hencz live in Croatia today, in one household only. They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Bedenik in Bjelovar area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Hencz is present in 11 countries on three continents. The family name "Hencz " is used by some 500 people in Hungary , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in Romania.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.