Surname Belina in modern Croatia

Belina families are Croats and they are mostly from Krapina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Krapina area.

Prevalence

About 300 people with faimily name Belina live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 280 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Zagreb (155), in Mala Erpenja (30) and Klokovec (15) in Krapina area, Ogulin (10), and in Pustodol Zacretski in Zabok area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Belina (including: Bellina , Belinha , Bellinha , Belinna , Belyna , Bellyana and Belinah ) is present in 59 countries worldwide. "Bellina " is used by some 2000 people in Italy , about 800 in the United States , and some 700 people in Peru. "Belyna " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stanko Belina, Željko Belina, Mirna Belina, Dražen Belina, Tamara Belina, Krešimir Belina, Ranko Belina, Vedran Belina, Ivan Belina, Damir Belina, Jasna Belina, Tomislav Belina, Zdravko Belina, Kornelija Belina, Snježana Belina, Lovorka Belina, Antonija Belina, Klaudia Belina, Branko Belina

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1683 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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