Sambolić families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zlatar and Zagreb. In Gornja Selnica in Zlatar every fifth inhabitant had the family name Sambolić.
Prevalence
About 140 people with faimily name Sambolić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Gornja Selnica (45), Zagreb (25), Sesvete (15), Ivankovo in Vinkovci area (10), and in Velika Gorica (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Sambolić (including: Sambolic , Sambolich ) is present in five countries on three continents. "Sambolich " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.