In Croatia, Hlaić families are generally Croats (from Duga Resa area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and in Duga Resa area. In Zaborsko Selo in Duga Resa area every third inhabitant had the family name Hlaić.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Hlaić live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are located in only five naselja i to in Karlovac (15), Ozalj (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Zaborsko Selo (<5) and Kolenovac (<5) in Duga Resa area.