Surname Balenta in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Balenta families are Croats (from Ludbreg area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Varazdin area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Balenta live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 5 other places, mostly in Cakovec (15), Hrastovljan in Ludbreg area (<10), Varazdin (<5), Strahoninec in Cakovec area (<5), and in Mihovljan (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Balenta is present in two countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Goran Balenta, Antun Balenta, Predrag Balenta, Dražen Balenta, Mihael Balenta, Dejan Balenta, Mirjana Balenta, Krunoslav Balenta, Neven Balenta, Marija Balenta, Ana Balenta, Biserka Balenta, Mateja Balenta, Melita Balenta, Davor Balenta, Maja Balenta, Franjo Balenta, Josip Balenta, Zdenka Balenta

Mentions in sources

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

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