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Surname Karabelj in modern Croatia
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.
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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.
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Outside Croatia
Family name Karabelj (including: Carabelli , Karabelli , Chiarabelli , Carabeli and Ciarabelli ) is present in 25 countries on four continents. "Carabelli " is used by some 1000 people in Italy , about 1000 in Argentina , and some 200 people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Vlado Karabelj,
Miroslav Karabelj,
Ivan Karabelj,
Siniša Karabelj,
Marija Karabelj,
Mario Karabelj,
Jadranka Karabelj,
Martina Karabelj,
Petra Karabelj,
Verica Karabelj,
Jasna Karabelj,
Marina Karabelj,
Dubravka Karabelj,
Danko Karabelj,
Darko Karabelj,
Zdravko Karabelj,
Vera Karabelj,
Dragutin Karabelj,
Vesna Karabelj