In Croatia, Harabalja families are Croats (from the Island of Losinj ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Losinj. In Sveti Jakov on the Island of Losinj every fourth inhabitant had the family name Harabalja.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Harabalja live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in only four naselja i to in Marcana in Pula area (<5), Varazdin (<5), Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (<5), and in Martinscica in Bakr area (<5).