Benišek

surname · Latin script

Benišek is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 30K(measured from records)
  • HRCroatia1 in 249K
  • SKSlovakia1 in 1.4M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Czechia (measured from records)

351 people

Sources
18 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 30K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Beníšek in CZ Czechia, SK Slovakia and Benisek in US United States.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Benišek counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Benišek is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia3511 in 30K351Beníšek18
US United States1071 in 3.1M110Benisek9
HR Croatia171 in 249K17——
SK Slovakia41 in 1.4M4Beníšek4
BE Belgium31 in 3.9M3——

351 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: MVČR — living population register 2017; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Benišek is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Croatian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Serbia

    Also written Benisek

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Benisek, Beníšek

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Benisek, Beníšek

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Benišek
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)202117#25,314
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)202115—
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—4#127,636

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Benišek have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 351 people named Benišek, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled beníšek.
Where is Benišek most common?
Benišek is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 30 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Benišek?
In Czechia, the national register counted 351 people named Benišek, about 1 in 30 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Benišek”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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