Obuljen families are Croats and they are mostly from Dubrovnik area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and in Dubrovnik area. In Točionik in Dubrovnik area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Obuljen.
Prevalence
About 100 people with faimily name Obuljen live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located and 6 other Croatian places, mostly in Dubrovnik (35), Zagreb (30), Lopud (25), Mokosica (<10), and in Rovinj (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Obuljen is present in five countries on three continents. The family name "Obuljen " is used by some 100 people in Argentina and small number in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.