In Croatia, Bellian families are Croats (from Djakovo ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo and Osijek.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Bellian live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Djakovo (15), Josipovac (<5), and in Osijek (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Bellian is present in 7 countries on three continents. The family name "Bellian " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Hungary , and small number of people in Canada.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.