Surname Balažić in modern Croatia

Balažić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Djakovo area , rarely Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Balažić live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 24 other places, mostly in Osijek (25), Zagreb (20), Sredanci in Djakovo area (15), Varazdin (10), and in Cakovec (10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (2) and the United States (1).
Family name Balažić (including: Balazic , Balazich and Balazick ) is present in 13 countries worldwide. The family name "Balazic " is used by some 300 people in Canada , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Australia. "Balazich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Balazick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ante Balažić, Damir Balažić, Mato Balažić, Davor Balažić, Silvester Balažić, Mirjana Balažić, Božena Balažić, Jadranka Balažić, Dejan Balažić, Leonard Balažić, Zvonko Balažić, Branimir Balažić, Martina Balažić, Anita Balažić, Darko Balažić, Dalibor Balažić, Alen Balažić, Željko Balažić, Igor Balažić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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