Bence Family History
Bence Name Meaning
English: from a medieval personal name, Bence,
Benz, derived from Old German Benzo.Possibly
also an Americanized spelling of German Bentz or Benz.French: from Benzi, an Italian form of the Germanic
personal name Bandizo.Hungarian (also found in Slovenia):
from a short form of the old ecclesiastical name Bencenc, from
Latin Vincentius. See also Vince. From the 16th century
onward, Bence was confused with Bencse, a pet form of
Benedek (see Benedict), and various derivatives of the
personal name Benjámin (see Benjamin).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Bence Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bence families
 19 - 36  7 - 18 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bence families
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79 - 155 27 - 78 |
1 - 26 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bence families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Bence census records
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Bence Family Origin
Bence Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Bence
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Bence Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Bence Civil War Service Records
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