Bembenek Family History
- Bembenek Name Meaning
- Polish (Bembenek): from bebenek ‘side drum’, ‘tambour’ hence presumably a metonymic occupational name for someone who played such an instrument.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 6,113 Historical Documents with Bembenek on Ancestry
- 3,151 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 550 Census and Voter Lists
- 358 Military Records
- 180 Immigration Records
- 1,874 Member Trees
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Number of Bembenek families
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from the New York Passengers List
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