The benesh Surname

benesh Name Meaning and History

Americanized spelling of Czech and Slovak Beneš (see Benes) or German Benesch.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The benesh name in History

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benesh Family Facts

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Distribution of benesh Families in the US in 1920

Number of benesh families

18-34

7-17

1-6

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OBIT: Anna Laura Benesh Dillon (1900 - 1987)	Leah_M	0
Lovelle Benesh	lastonestanding	0
Cecilia Benesh	John Palensky	4
Kluber of Brooklyn & Queens, NY	Jackie Donnelly	1
Benesh, Kluber	Dianne Newman	41
Mary Benesh md. Joseph Wolmutt 1865 IA	Jeanette Golden Cameron	14
Frank Benesh	melodie11	0
Anton Benesz (Benesh) - last Inka prince	Leyla Jagiella	2
Benesh - Knebel	CWestfall55	3
BENESH Ancescstory <1829	Virgil R. Benesh	0

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