Karabatić families are Croats and they are mostly from Trogir area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Trogir area. In places Dvornica , Podorljak and Vrsine in Trogir area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Karabatić.
Prevalence
About 320 people with faimily name Karabatić live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Split (115), in Rogoznica (20) and Dvornica (20) in Trogir area, Trogir (15), and in Podorljak in Trogir area (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Karabatić is present in 15 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.