Surname Belužić in modern Croatia

Belužić families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zlatar area and in Zagreb. In Delkovec in Zlatar area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Belužić.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Belužić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 26 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Drenovci in Zupanja area (15), Kutina (10), Velika Veternicka in Lepoglava area (10), and in Cakovec (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Belužić is present in three countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Belužić, Tomislav Belužić, Davor Belužić, Mijo Belužić, Marijan Belužić, Mirela Belužić, Ivica Belužić, Dragutin Belužić, Zlatko Belužić, Berislav Belužić, Blaženka Belužić, Josip Belužić, Matija Belužić, Dražen Belužić, Nikola Belužić, Marija Belužić, Silvio Belužić, Tomica Belužić, Marina Belužić

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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