In Croatia, Bellani families are generally Croats (from Pazin area ), rarely Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pazin area.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Bellani live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in one Croatian city only, in Rijeka (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.