In Croatia, Batagelj families are generally Croats (from Opatija ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Slavonski Brod. In Kras in Buzet every tenth inhabitant had the family name Batagelj.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Batagelj live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in four Croatian counties, in 8 cities and two other places, mostly in Rijeka (<10), Slavonski Brod (<10), Umag (<10), Opatija (<5), and in Pazin (<5).