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Surname Balvan in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Balvan families are Croats (from Banja Luka Region (Bosnia) ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area) and in Zagreb.
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Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Balvan live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Sibenik (<10), Rijeka (<5), Cikovici (<5), and in Velika Gorica (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Balvan (including: Balwan , Ballwahn , Ballwhan and Bhalwan ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. "Balwan " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in United Arab Emirates , and small number of people in Australia. "Ballwahn " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Ballwhan " is used by few people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Boris Balvan,
Željko Balvan,
Duško Balvan,
Vera Balvan,
Dragan Balvan,
Kornelija Balvan,
Ljiljana Balvan,
Igor Balvan,
Nikola Balvan,
Ana Balvan,
Mato Balvan,
Danica Balvan,
Mirko Balvan,
Sidonija Balvan,
Snežana Balvan,
Ivica Balvan,
Tibor Balvan,
Petar Balvan,
Karolina Balvan