Balaić families are Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Ludbreg area. In Vrbanovec in Ludbreg area every thirtieth inhabitant had the family name Balaić.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Balaić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Martijanec in Ludbreg area (15), Varazdin (10), Obrovac Sinjski (10), Zagreb (<10), and in Petrijanec in Varazdin area (<10).
