Batinica families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Sibenik , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and in Knin area. In Kunovac Kupirovački in Knin area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Batinica.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Batinica live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties and four other places, mostly in Sibenik (50), Zagreb (20), Rijeka (10), Split (10), and in Gornji Srb in Knin area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Batinica is present in 8 countries on three continents. The family name "Batinica " is used by small number of people in Italy and small number in the United States.
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.
