Bencek Surname
Approximately 478 people bear this surname
Bencek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 384 | 1:11,012 | 2,046 |
| Slovenia | 57 | 1:43,643 | 7,685 |
| Slovakia | 13 | 1:410,496 | 52,415 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Benček (404) are calculated separately.
Bencek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bencek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bencek is more commonly found in Croatia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Benček. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bencek? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 637,196th most common family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,245,912 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Bencek live; 92 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 92 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
This surname is most commonly held in Croatia, where it is borne by 384 people, or 1 in 11,012. In Croatia Bencek is most prevalent in: Varaždin County, where 43 percent are found, Osijek-Baranja County, where 18 percent are found and Zagreb County, where 10 percent are found. Not including Croatia this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Slovenia, where 12 percent are found and Slovakia, where 3 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bencek
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