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Surname Balas in modern Croatia
Balas families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Vinodolski area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and Rijeka.
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Prevalence
About 100 people with faimily name Balas live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Rijeka (25), Grizane-Belgrad in Novi Vinodolski area (20), Pozega (15), Split (<10), and in Crikvenica (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Balas (including: Ballas , Balash , Balasz , Bahlas , Balhas , Ballash , Balass , Ballias and Bhalas ) is present in 91 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. "Balass " is used by small number of people in Russian Federation , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Ballas " is used by some 4000 people in the United States , about 2000 in Greece , and some 500 people in Germany.
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Characteristic first names
Dalibor Balas,
Kamelia Balas,
Dobrica Balas,
Miroslav Balas,
Ines Balas,
Nevenka Balas,
Zlatko Balas,
Vlado Balas,
Marko Balas,
Marina Balas,
Igor Balas,
Albin Balas,
Zdravko Balas,
Đuro Balas,
Marjana Balas,
Diana Balas,
Ivan Balas,
Walter Balas,
Tatjana Balas
