Tabain families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Korcula. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Korcula and in Split.
Prevalence
About 150 people with faimily name Tabain live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and threee other places, mostly in Vela Luka on the Island of Korcula (120), Zagreb (15), Pula (10), Tvrdjavica (<10), and in Split (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Tabain is present in 6 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.