In Croatia, Balešić families are Croats (from Pleternica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pleternica area and in Slavonski Brod.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Balešić live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only four Croatian places: in Podvinje (<10), Slavonski Brod (<5), Prekopakra (<5), and in Zavrsje in Pozega area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Balešić is present in 7 countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.