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.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 17,648 Historical Documents with Bena on Ancestry
- 8,430 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 3,888 Census and Voter Lists
- 632 Military Records
- 1,214 Immigration Records
- 3,484 Member Trees
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Number of Bena families
 3 - 2  2 - 2 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Bena census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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