The bence Surname

bence Name Meaning and History

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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bence Family Facts

Distribution of bence Families in the US in 1920

Number of bence families

19-36

7-18

1-6

Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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researching bence/manner clan ind. co. pa.	Mark Heidenreich	10
JAMES BENCE 1765 England	L.S.Pack	9
Patrick Henry Bence	mjadmin	0
Where are the Bences in wiltshire?	debbiebean58	3
Needing Bence Family Info	Toni Bence	4
Bence family, Coles Co. Il	JoanHyde653	1
Francis & Barbary in Croghan, Lewis, NY 1800-1900	RJ Samp	0
Why was a Ren(t)fro child named after a Bence?	lrtyndall	0
2nd Lt John W. (Jack) Bence, USAAF	WolfWillowPress	0
Bence	Stacy Slate Howard	0

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