Surname Belavić in modern Croatia

Belavić families are Croats and they are mostly from Duga Resa area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and in Duga Resa area. In Šćulac in Duga Resa area every third inhabitant had the family name Belavić.

Prevalence

About 520 people with faimily name Belavić live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 610 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 42 other places, mostly in Karlovac (160), Duga Resa (65), Sculac in Duga Resa area (40), Zagreb (30), and in Rijeka (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (6), Germany (4), and to Australia (1).
Family name Belavić (including: Belavic , Belavich , Belawicz , Bellavich and Belawich ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Belavic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 60 in Australia , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Belavich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Belawicz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Žarko Belavić, Branimir Belavić, Matija Belavić, Tomislav Belavić, Slaven Belavić, Dragutin Belavić, Ivica Belavić, Vlade Belavić, Marinko Belavić, Željko Belavić, Sandra Belavić, Mladen Belavić, Davorin Belavić, Denis Belavić, Nikolina Belavić, Željka Belavić, Aleksandar Belavić, Josip Belavić, Levanka Belavić

Mentions in sources

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

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