In Croatia, Balazs families are Croats by relative majority (from Donji Miholjac ), equally Hungarians (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Donji Miholjac and in Donji Miholjac area.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Balazs live in Croatia today, in one household only. They are located in only five Croatian places: in Zagreb (<5), Varazdin (<5), Draga Bascanska on the Island of Krk (<5), Miholjacki Porec (<5), and in Mlakovac in Duga Resa area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Balazs is present in 45 countries worldwide. The family name "Balazs " is used by some 40000 people in Hungary , about 10000 in Romania , and some 5000 people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.