Balent families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Prelog and Cakovec.
Prevalence
About 430 people with faimily name Balent live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 410 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 41 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Draskovec (70), Prelog (40), Cakovec (35), and in Donji Kraljevec in Prelog area (20).
Outside Croatia
Family name Balent is present in 21 countries on four continents. The family name "Balent " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 300 in Slovakia , and some 200 people in France. "Ballent " is used by some 100 people in Argentina and about 80 in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1943 in source Directorium ARCHI-DIOECESI ZAGREBIENSI.