The Benko surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,243 people carried this name — #21,119 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 238,100 people counted. That is down 29% from 1,757 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
425 people named Benko have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 682 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lublin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
67 people named Benko live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 61 people named Benko.
28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
59 people named Benko is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Benko in American newspapers,
1909–1913.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 885 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Benko,
with a public archive behind them.
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Josip Benko 1889–1945 · politician -
Josip Benko 1889–1945 · politician
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Ivo Benko 1851–1903 · astronomer
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Ivan Benko 1901–1972 · editor
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Eugen Benko 1906–1983 · pharmacist
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Franc Benko 1915–2003 · conservator
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Benko.
- Benion 370 · U.S. census
- Benis 199 · U.S. census
- Benit 146 · U.S. census
- Benitez 51,288 · U.S. census
- Benito 2,430 · U.S. census
- Benjamin 40,590 · U.S. census
- Bennani 212 · U.S. census
- Benne 660 · U.S. census
- Benner 11,612 · U.S. census
- Bennes 124 · U.S. census
- Bennet 3,523 · U.S. census
- Bennett 247,599 · U.S. census
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