In Croatia, Badelj families are Croats (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Dubrovnik.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Badelj live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in only four naselja i to in Zagreb (15), Bestovje in Samobor area (<5), Mokosica (<5), and in Dubrovnik (<5).