Surname Baleta in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Baleta live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 10 other places, mostly in Split (55), Grabovac in Omis area (20), Solin (<10), Osijek (<10), and in Sisak (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Baleta (including: Balletta , Balleta and Baletta ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. "Balletta " is used by some 1000 people in Italy , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Peru.

Characteristic first names

Saša Baleta, Snježana Baleta, Dijana Baleta, Denis Baleta, Niko Baleta, Ivana Baleta, Sonja Baleta, Dajana Baleta, Toni Baleta, Marina Baleta, Kristijan Baleta, Željko Baleta, Mijo Baleta, Josip Baleta, Dušan Baleta, Ivica Baleta, Neno Baleta, Viktor Baleta, Ante Baleta

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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