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Surname Sabelja in modern Croatia
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.
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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).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Sabelja (including: Sabellina , Sabellia and Sabelia ) is present in 9 countries worldwide. "Sabelia " is used by few people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Ivica Sabelja,
Kata Sabelja,
Luka Sabelja,
Marija Sabelja,
Ilija Sabelja,
Ruža Sabelja,
Kristijan Sabelja,
Pavka Sabelja,
Vinko Sabelja,
Božana Sabelja,
Ilijana Sabelja,
Ružica Sabelja,
Jure Sabelja,
Sanja Sabelja,
Ana Sabelja,
Josip Sabelja,
Dragica Sabelja,
Petar Sabelja,
Viktor Sabelja