Surname Balenović in modern Croatia

Balenović families are Croats and they are mostly from Gospic. According to some sources they are from Kruscice near Kosinja. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Gospic and Zagreb. In Grdanovac in Bosanian Posavina every second inhabitant had the family name Balenović.

Prevalence

About 440 people with faimily name Balenović live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 510 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 33 cities and 43 other places, mostly in Zagreb (145), Gospic (60), Bjelovar (25), Klanac (20), and in Sisak (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 17 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (7), Canada (5), Austria (1), Switzerland (1), Australia (1), the United Kingdom (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Balenović (including: Balenovic , Balenovich ) is present in 8 countries on four continents. The family name "Balenovic " is used by some 80 people in Tanzania , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Balenovich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Diana Balenović, Jadranka Balenović, Ivan Balenović, Neven Balenović, Antonija Balenović, Luka Balenović, Mate Balenović, Katica Balenović, Tomislav Balenović, Dubravko Balenović, Maja Balenović, Marijan Balenović, Ivica Balenović, Karlo Balenović, Sanja Balenović, Zdravko Balenović, Smiljana Balenović, Krešimir Balenović, Branko Balenović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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