In Croatia, Badenić families are Croats (from Vrbovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovec area and in Zagreb. In Krušljevec in Vrbovec area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Badenić.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Badenić live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Vrbovec (<10), Preseka in Vrbovec area (<10), Dumovec (<5), and in Cugovec in Vrbovec area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Badenić is present in this form only in Croatia.