In Croatia, Babli families are mainly Croats (from Beli Manastir area ), rarely Hungarians (also from Beli Manastir area ), and very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Beli Manastir area and in Beli Manastir area.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Babli live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are located in two Croatian counties, threee cities and 5 other places, mostly in Baranjsko Petrovo Selo (<10) and Novi Bezdan (<10) in Beli Manastir area, Osijek (<10), and in Petlovac (<5) and Kozarac (<5) in Beli Manastir area.