Surname Balaško in modern Croatia

Balaško families are Croats and they are mostly from Koprivnica area. According to some sources they are from Nova Gradiska. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Koprivnica.

Prevalence

About 520 people with faimily name Balaško live in Croatia today, in 230 households. There were 500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 31 cities and 75 other places, mostly in Zagreb (75), Koprivnica (60), Starigrad (15), Reka (15), and in Kunovec in Koprivnica area (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Balaško (including: Balasko , Balaskó , Balashko , Balasco , Balascio , Ballasco and Balaschenko ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. The family name "Balasko " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in France , and small number of people in Czech Republic. "Balasco " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Italy , and small number of people in Brazil. "Balaskó " is used by some 600 people in Hungary , about 300 in Slovakia , and some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Hrvoje Balaško, Miljenko Balaško, Branko Balaško, Dubravko Balaško, Željka Balaško, Slobodanka Balaško, Ksenija Balaško, Štefica Balaško, Dražen Balaško, Abel Balaško, Zlatko Balaško, Davor Balaško, Josip Balaško, Marijan Balaško, Andrea Balaško, Denis Balaško, Velimir Balaško, Zvonko Balaško, Zdravko Balaško

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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