Surname Balentić in modern Croatia

Balentić families are Croats and they are mostly from Belisce. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Belisce and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Balentić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Valpovo (20), Podgorac in Nasice area (15), Gat (15), Belisce (15), and in Osijek (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Balentić is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Vlado Balentić, Zlatko Balentić, Damir Balentić, Vlasta Balentić, Davor Balentić, Klara Balentić, Kristijana Balentić, Anica Balentić, Vinka Balentić, Krunoslav Balentić, Jasenka Balentić, Ivan Balentić, Marija Balentić, Ivana Balentić, Boris Balentić, Dragan Balentić, Štefica Balentić, Ivanka Balentić, Alan Balentić

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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