Surname Baljkas in modern Croatia

Baljkas families are Croats and they are mostly from Sibenik. According to some sources they are from the Island of Hvar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Baljkas live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Sibenik (145), Zagreb (35), Split (<10), Djurdjevac (<5), and in Dubrava kod Sibenika (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Baljkas (including: Balicas , Balikas ) is present in 15 countries worldwide. "Balicas " is used by some 400 people in the Philippines , small number in Brazil , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Boris Baljkas, Ivana Baljkas, Bruno Baljkas, Ivo Baljkas, Stipica Baljkas, Miranda Baljkas, Hrvoje Baljkas, Željko Baljkas, Ojdana Baljkas, Majda Baljkas, Radojka Baljkas, Mario Baljkas, Sanja Baljkas, Miran Baljkas, Joško Baljkas, Zvonko Baljkas, Vlasta Baljkas, Stipe Baljkas, Neven Baljkas

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1931 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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