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Across the world, Beneš (Benes , Beneš , Бенеш ) is quite a rare dominantly masculine, but seldom feminine first name. The first name Beneš is habitual in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare male name, Czechia, and Tanzania, where it is a rare unisex name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Philippines. More frequently, Beneš is the last name as well as the forename.
Beneš is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Beneš , the operatic character in the opera Dalibor by Bedřich Smetana and Beneš , the operatic character in the opera The Devil's Wall by Bedřich Smetana; a hermit.
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