In Croatia, Kombol families are generally Croats (from Crikvenica ), barely Slovenes (from Rijeka ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Skradin and Rijeka.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Kombol live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Bribir in Novi Vinodolski area (<10), Rijeka (<10), Crikvenica (<10), and in Selce (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Kombol is present in 15 countries worldwide. The family name "Kombol " is used by some 90 people in the United States , about 70 in South Africa , and small number of people in Indonesia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.