Batalić families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrlika. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrlika and Split.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Batalić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Stobrec (25), Split (15), Maovice (15), Kastel Sucurac (15), and in Omis (<10).
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.