Surname Baliko in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Baliko families are mainly Croats (from Beli Manastir area ), rarely Bosniaks (from Rijeka ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Grubisno Polje and in Beli Manastir area.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Baliko live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Rijeka (<5), and in Knezevi Vinogradi (<5), Zmajevac (<5) and Suza (<5) in Beli Manastir area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Baliko (including: Balikó , Balico , Ballico , Balyko , Balichako , Balicco , Balicholo , Baliqhoh and Balicko ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. The family name "Baliko " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Balico " is used by some 600 people in the Philippines , about 600 in Brazil , and some 50 people in the United States. "Balikó " is used by some 300 people in Hungary , about 200 in Lithuania , and some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ernest Baliko, Andrija Baliko, Viktorija Baliko, Šaila Baliko, Ivan Baliko, Branka Baliko, Aleksandar Baliko, Marija Baliko, Stjepan Baliko, Terezija Baliko, Ivica Baliko, Biljana Baliko, Matilda Baliko, Juliška Baliko, Mira Baliko, Radmila Baliko, Zora Baliko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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