Sabalić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Pag. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Pag and in Rijeka.
Prevalence
About 210 people with faimily name Sabalić live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Pag on the Island of Pag (90), Rijeka (50), Zagreb (20), Zadar (15), and in Viskovo in Rijeka area (<10).
Outside Croatia
At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States. Family name Sabalić (including: Sabalich , Sabalic ) is present in 7 countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.