Surname Balde in modern Croatia

Balde families are Croats and they are mostly from Pazin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Pazin area.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Balde live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Liznjan in Pula area (20), Pazin (15), Pula (<10), Gracisce in Pazin area (<10), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Balde (including: Baldeh , Baldee , Baldé , Bhalde and Baalde ) is present in 95 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Noela Balde, Dario Balde, Mirela Balde, Filip Balde, Biljana Balde, Željko Balde, Smiljana Balde, Mira Balde, Nada Balde, Robert Balde, Denis Balde, Bruno Balde, Marija Balde, Denise Balde, Samanta Balde, Tedi Balde, Jordan Balde, Ivan Balde, Bruna Balde

Mentions in sources

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.

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