In Croatia, Karabelj families are Croats (from Samobor area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Samobor.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Karabelj live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in only five naselja i to in Zagreb (15), Brezje in Samobor area (<10), Samobor (<5), and in Bestovje (<5) and Sveta Nedelja (<5) in Samobor area.