In Croatia, Balatinec families are almost entirely Croats (from Djurdjevac ), barely Slovenes (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and Koprivnica. In Zvijerci in Bjelovar every ninth inhabitant had the family name Balatinec.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Balatinec live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 5 other places, mostly in Djurdjevac (25), Zagreb (15), in Predavac (<10) and Veliko Trojstvo (<5) in Bjelovar area, and in Kalinovac in Djurdjevac area (<5).