Surname Balać in modern Croatia

Balać families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Obrovac area , whereas often Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Obrovac area and in Slatina area. In Kruge in Obrovac area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Balać.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Balać live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 220 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Donji Lapac (20) and Nebljusi (15) in Obrovac area, Zagreb (15), Ervenik in Knin area (<10), and in Kestenovac in Obrovac area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Balać (including: Balach , Balaci , Ballack , Balac , Balacci , Balack , Balachi , Balhac , Balache and Balatsch ) is present in 76 countries worldwide. The family name "Balac " is used by some 80 people in the United States , about 70 in France , and some 60 people in Germany. "Balach " is used by some 1000 people in Pakistan , about 200 in the United States , and some 60 people in Uganda.

Characteristic first names

Milica Balać, Borislav Balać, Mira Balać, Jovan Balać, Danilo Balać, Mladen Balać, Danko Balać, Vesna Balać, Srđan Balać, Saša Balać, Nino Balać, Ivan Balać, Nikola Balać, Dalibor Balać, Lidija Balać, Čedomir Balać, Goran Balać, Melita Balać, Davor Balać

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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