Surname Belas in modern Croatia

Belas families are Croats and they are mostly from Trogir. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Trogir and Zagreb. In Arbanija in Trogir every third inhabitant had the family name Belas.

Prevalence

About 370 people with faimily name Belas live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 250 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 34 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Trogir (55), Arbanija (40), Split (30), and in Pula (30).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Argentina (2), the United States (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Belas (including: Bellas , Belash , Belhas , Bellias , Bellash , Belás , Belass and Bellass ) is present in 69 countries worldwide. "Bellas " is used by some 1000 people in Brazil , about 1000 in the United States , and some 700 people in Spain. "Bellias " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Greece.

Characteristic first names

Dubravka Belas, Valter Belas, Matko Belas, Vasija Belas, Vilijana Belas, Nenad Belas, Marin Belas, Tomislava Belas, Sandra Belas, Katica Belas, Antonijo Belas, David Belas, Ivan Belas, Nevija Belas, Blaženko Belas, Marija Belas, Davor Belas, Ana Belas, Ninoslav Belas

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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