Surname Balaš in modern Croatia

Balaš families are Croats and they are mostly from Slatina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Slavonski Brod.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Balaš live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Osijek (25), Varazdin (15), Zagreb (15), Cepin in Osijek area (10), and in Vinkovci (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Balaš (including: Balas , Balash , Ballas , Balasch , Balassa , Balasso , Balasz , Balashi , Balassi and Balass ) is present in 99 countries worldwide. The family name "Balas " is used by some 20000 people in Romania , about 9000 in the United States , and some 8000 people in France. "Balash " is used by some 900 people in the United States , about 600 in Russian Federation , and some 500 people in Iran. "Balass " is used by small number of people in Russian Federation , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Sanja Balaš, Tanja Balaš, Čedomir Balaš, Marija Balaš, Tomislav Balaš, Katarina Balaš, Željko Balaš, Sreto Balaš, Igor Balaš, Vlado Balaš, Dalibor Balaš, Nedeljko Balaš, Zlatko Balaš, Siniša Balaš, Ivan Balaš, Božidar Balaš, Ivica Balaš, Dario Balaš, Mirsada Balaš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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