In Croatia, Hladki families are almost entirely Croats (from Vrbovec area ), very rarely Czechs (from Daruvar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Daruvar area.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Hladki live in Croatia today, in 11 households. They are only located in threee Croatian cities and four other places, mostly in Cakovec (<10), Sesvete (<10), Petrijevci in Valpovo area (<10), Gornji Marinkovac in Vrbovec area (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.