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Benza is specific to the Imperia area, Imperia, Dolcedo and Sanremo, Benzi has a main nucleus in the provinces of Genoa and Alessandria, but there are also secondary ones in the Milanese, in the Modena area and between the Forlì and Rimini areas, Benzo is quite widespread in western Piedmont, in Liguria and in the Alessandria area, Benzon, very rare, is typical of the Venetian dialect, Benzone has almost disappeared, Benzoni is present throughout the north, but is particularly concentrated in Lombardy, it derives from a Longobard Germanic name Bendizo (bishop), which became in Benzo, very ancient traces of the name Benzo are found in 986 when we find a Benzo as Ottone imperial messenger. In 1059 there is a bishop Benzone d'Alba (CN), imperial envoy to Rome and advocate of Henry IV. There are reports of Benzons since 1185, when Federico Barbarossa invested the Dominus Benzone di Crema, together with others, in the privileges of administrator of the city of Crema. In 1300 we find a famous person, the pre-humanist writer Benzo d'Alessandria, about the antiquity of the Ligurian branch, just look at how in the story of Quiliano (SV) in a writing of 1432, we talk about the Benzi as an ancient family of landowners, while in a deed of sale of a Vivaldo de Petro and Bomo de Benzo, both from Montenero (SP), they buy from Venturino de Bonamico taverns, a quantity of salted fish for money 20. additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli The surname Benzi it has at its base the Gothic name - Franconian Benzo, which later became Penzo in Lombard where the B / P passage was implemented following the second consonantal rotation. This name is a hypocoristic form from the Visigothic 'bandwa' = flag, fighting banner (see Bandini) in names like Pandolfo or Bandiperto. It could also derive from the nominal forms Beno / Benno which in turn refer to the pers. Bernhard.
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