Habulan families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Varazdin area. In Krkanec in Varazdin area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Habulan.
Prevalence
About 170 people with faimily name Habulan live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled. They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 16 other places, mostly in Varazdin (35), in Sracinec (20) and Vidovec (15) in Varazdin area, Zagreb (10), and in Petrijanec in Varazdin area (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Habulan is present in 6 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.