The name Benke (meaning "Little Ben") originates from a form of Benedek (Hungarian form of Benedict).
Benke immigrants in North America came predominantly from Ireland, Germany and England.
People
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David Benke
David Benke is a Lutheran pastor and the former president of the Atlantic District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, or LCMS.
After the 9/11 attacks, Benke participated in an interfaith event. For doing so, he was accused by some of viola ...
(born 1946), American Lutheran pastor
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Judit Benke de Laborfalva, known as: ''Róza Laborfalvi'' (1817–1886), Hungarian actress
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Mike Benke
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Valéria Benke (1920–2009), Hungarian politician
See also
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Behnke
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Behncke
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Benkei
, popularly known by the mononym Benkei (), was a Japanese warrior monk (''sōhei'') who lived in the latter years of the Heian Period (794–1185). Benkei led a varied life, first becoming a monk, then a mountain ascetic, and then a rogue war ...
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Low German surnames