Šebalj families are Croats and they are mostly from Senj area (Brinje). According to some sources they are from Otocac area (Dabar). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Senj area and in Vinkovci. In places Glibodol and Križpolje in Senj area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Šebalj.
Prevalence
About 810 people with faimily name Šebalj live in Croatia today, in 340 households. There were 820 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in all Croatian counties, in 57 cities and 78 other places, mostly in Zagreb (105), Vinkovci (50), Krizpolje in Senj area (35), Lipovaca in Slunj area (35), and in Rokovci in Vinkovci area (35).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.