Balažinec families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdinske Toplice. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdinske Toplice and Varazdin. In places Gornja Poljana and Donja Poljana in Varazdinske Toplice every eighth inhabitant had the family name Balažinec.
Prevalence
About 260 people with faimily name Balažinec live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 36 other places, mostly in Varazdinske Toplice (55), Gornja Poljana (30), Varazdin (15), Jalzabet in Ludbreg area (10), and in Zagreb (10).
Outside Croatia
At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Germany (1). Family name Balažinec is present in two countries on two continents.
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.