Sambolek families are Croats and they are mostly from Kutina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Kutina.
Prevalence
About 260 people with faimily name Sambolek live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 31 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Kutina (35), Jarmina in Vinkovci area (10), Vuglovec (10), and in Varazdin (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Sambolek is present in 13 countries worldwide. "Sambolec " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in Australia , and small number in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.