Szabo families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Pakrac , less frequently Hungarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pakrac.
Prevalence
About 260 people with faimily name Szabo live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 31 cities and 38 other places, mostly in Zagreb (80), Daruvar (10), Osijek (10), Koprivnica (10), and in Donja Obrijez (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Szabo (including: Szabó , Szábo ) is present in 96 countries worldwide. The family name "Szabo " is used by some 200000 people in Hungary , about 60000 in Romania , and some 30000 people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over sixty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.