In Croatia, Hata families are generally Croats (from Belisce ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Belisce and Osijek.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Hata live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Belisce (<10), Karlovac (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.