In Croatia, Frtalj families are generally Croats (from Zlatar ), very rarely Russians (from Oroslavje area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zlatar and Osijek.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Frtalj live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Belec (10), Zagreb (<10), Bjelovar (<5), Visnjevac (<5), and in Zlatar-Bistrica in Oroslavje area (<5).