In Croatia, Gjelatović families are Croats (from Djakovo area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo area and in Rijeka.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Gjelatović live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Ceglje (<5), Gorjani in Djakovo area (<5), and in Djakovo (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Gjelatović is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.