Surname Šabalić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šabalić families are Croats (from the Island of Pag ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Pag and in Pleternica area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Šabalić live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Visnjevac (<10), Vlasici on the Island of Pag (<5), Osijek (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Zadar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šabalić (including: Sabalich , Sabalic and Shabalich ) is present in 9 countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Marijan Šabalić, Ružica Šabalić, Melita Šabalić, Frano Šabalić, Petar Šabalić, Zdravko Šabalić, Franjo Šabalić, Anka Šabalić, Slavko Šabalić, Željko Šabalić, Milena Šabalić, Šime Šabalić, Mare Šabalić, Marija Šabalić, Šimo Šabalić, Bara Šabalić, Milka Šabalić, Joso Šabalić, Miljenko Šabalić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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