Bena Family History
Bena Name Meaning
Northern Italian (Piedmont): from a reduced form of the
medieval personal name Benenato (see Benenati).Czech (Béna) and Slovak (Bena): from a pet form of the personal name
Benedikt (see Benedict).Hungarian
(Béna): nickname from béna ‘lame’, or from a pet
form of Benedek, Hungarian form of Benedict.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Bena Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bena families
 13 - 24  5 - 12 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bena families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bena Family Origin
Bena Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Bena
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Bena Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Bena Civil War Service Records
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