In Croatia, Sabelja families are Croats (from Vrbovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Novi Travnik area) and in Middle Bosnia (Bugojno area). In Rat in Middle Bosnia every third inhabitant had the family name Sabelja.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Sabelja live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in only five naselja i to in Gradecki Pavlovec in Vrbovec area (<10), Zagreb (<10), Stari Mikanovci in Djakovo area (<5), Vinkovci (<5), and in Bregana (<5).
