In Croatia, Hrkalović families are mainly Serbs, less frequently Croats (also from Otocac area ), and barely Bosniaks (from Knin ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Otocac and in Otocac area. In Doljani in Otocac every tenth inhabitant had the family name Hrkalović.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Hrkalović live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Turjanski in Otocac area (10), Rijeka (10), Doljani (10), and in Samobor (<10).
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.