Bubalović families are Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Gradacac area) and in Osijek.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Bubalović live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Zupanja (10), in Gradiste (10) and Cerna (<10) in Zupanja area, and in Ilaca in Ilok area (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Bubalović is present in this form only in Croatia.
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.