Surname Belašić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Belašić families are generally Croats (from the Island of Pag ), very rarely Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ), and barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Opatija and on the Island of Pag. In Brest Pod Učkom in Buzet area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Belašić.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Belašić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Stara Vas on the Island of Pag (<10), Icici (<10), Poljane (<10), Rijeka (<5), and in Kastav (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), Canada (1), the United States (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Belašić (including: Belasic , Belasich , Belasick , Bellasich and Belassich ) is present in 10 countries on two continents. The family name "Belasic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in France , and small number of people in Canada. "Belasich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Belasick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miljenko Belašić, Gordan Belašić, Jasna Belašić, Tahma Belašić, Vibor Belašić, Livio Belašić, Ksenija Belašić, Stefanija Belašić, Maja Belašić, Josipa Belašić, Iva Belašić, Gojko Belašić, Mirjana Belašić, Darko Belašić, Mirko Belašić, Boris Belašić, Daniela Belašić, Valentina Belašić, Maksi Belašić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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