Surname Balaž in modern Croatia

Balaž families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Beli Manastir area , rarely Hungarians (from Backa, Vojvodina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Vinkovci area.

Prevalence

About 250 people with faimily name Balaž live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 280 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Osijek (25), Vinkovci (15), Antunovac in Osijek area (15), and in Virovitica (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Balaž (including: Balaz , Balazs , Balazh , Ballazhi , Ballaz , Balázs , Balazhi and Balazha ) is present in 59 countries worldwide. The family name "Balaz " is used by some 20000 people in Slovakia , about 6000 in Czech Republic , and some 700 people in Germany , some 700 people in the United States. "Balazs " is used by some 40000 people in Hungary , about 10000 in Romania , and some 5000 people in the United States. "Balazhi " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Ukraine.

Characteristic first names

Zdenko Balaž, Tihomir Balaž, Miroslav Balaž, Goran Balaž, Christian Balaž, Tvrtko Balaž, Ljubomir Balaž, Ksenija Balaž, Antun Balaž, Marica Balaž, Igor Balaž, Ivana Balaž, Marijana Balaž, Smiljan Balaž, Silvio Balaž, Ivan Balaž, Dalibor Balaž, Leo Balaž, Dejan Balaž

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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