Surname Balta in modern Croatia

Balta families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia , rarely Serbs. According to some sources they are from Hungary, Turske and Latvije. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Travnik area) and in Middle Bosnia (Zenica area). In Podstinje in Middle Bosnia nearly every inhabitant had the family name Balta.

Prevalence

About 250 people with faimily name Balta live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 32 cities and 31 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Split (30), Osijek (15), Vrbovec (<10), and in Karlovac (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Balta (including: Ballta , Baltha , Bhalta , Baalta and Baldta ) is present in 72 countries worldwide. "Ballta " is used by some 200 people in Albania and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Balta, Petar Balta, Zlatko Balta, Tomislav Balta, Roman Balta, Goran Balta, Ana Balta, Zoran Balta, Ante Balta, Igor Balta, Dubravko Balta, Katja Balta, Alen Balta, Marko Balta, Matija Balta, Danijela Balta, Mira Balta, Andreja Balta, Blaženka Balta

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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