Brkljača families are Croats and they are mostly from Zadar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and in Zadar area. In Raštević in Benkovac every fifth inhabitant had the family name Brkljača.
Prevalence
About 650 people with faimily name Brkljača live in Croatia today, in 240 households. There were 280 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 27 cities and 34 other places, mostly in Rastevic (120), Zadar (105), Rijeka (95), Slivnica in Zadar area (65), and in Pula (35).
Outside Croatia
Family name Brkljača is present in 9 countries on four continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.