Bartolović families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek. In Magulica in Middle Bosnia every eighth inhabitant had the family name Bartolović.
Prevalence
About 860 people with faimily name Bartolović live in Croatia today, in 350 households. There were 780 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 45 cities and 91 other places, mostly in Zagreb (115), Osijek (70), Laz Bistricki in Zlatar area (55), Bukovica in Nova Gradiska area (45), and in Orahovica (30).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.