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Surname Balat in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Balat families are almost entirely Croats (from Nasice area ), very rarely Slovaks (from Nasice area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nasice and in Nasice area. In Šaptinovci in Nasice area every sixtieth inhabitant had the family name Balat.
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Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Balat live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and four other places, mostly in Osijek (15), in Breznica Nasicka (10) and Djurdjenovac (<10) in Nasice area, Jelisavac (<5), and in Zadar (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Balat (including: Ballat , Bahlat , Ballatt , Balath , Bhalat , Balatt , Balathe , Balathil and Balathi ) is present in 47 countries worldwide. "Ballatt " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Mišel Balat,
Ivan Balat,
Dražen Balat,
Marijana Balat,
Irena Balat,
Branka Balat,
Željko Balat,
Margita Balat,
Marko Balat,
Mirko Balat,
Vlado Balat,
Melita Balat,
Ivica Balat,
Josip Balat,
Marica Balat,
Anica Balat,
Pavo Balat,
Danica Balat,
Goran Balat
