In Croatia, Hatnik families are predominantly Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ), rarely Croats (also from Beli Manastir area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Beli Manastir area.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Hatnik live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only two Croatian places: in Popovac (<5) and Knezevo (<5) in Beli Manastir area.
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.