In Croatia, Hlišić families are generally Croats (from Slavonski Brod ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Hlišić live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only five naselja i to in Slavonski Brod (<10), Bankovci in Orahovica area (<5), Orahovica (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Prekvrsje (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Hlišić is present in three countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.