In Croatia, Barbalich families are predominantly Italians (from Pula ), rarely Croats (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Pula.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Barbalich live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Rijeka (<10) and Pula (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Barbalich is present in 8 countries on four continents. The family name "Barbalich " is used by some 80 people in Italy , small number in the United States , and small number of people in New Zealand.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.