Pribolšan families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Kutina. In Šipki in Zlatar area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Pribolšan.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Pribolšan live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Vinipotok in Zlatar area (25), Kutina (<10), Velika Ludina in Cazma area (<10), and in Ivanic-Grad (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Pribolšan is present in this form only in Croatia.
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.