In Croatia, Čabai families are Croats (from Osijek ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Čabai live in Croatia today, in four households only. They are only located in in one Croatian city and another small place , mostly in Osijek (<10) and Petrijevci in Valpovo area (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.