In Croatia, Katalin families are Croats (from Gospic area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Gospic area and in Slatina area.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Katalin live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and threee other places, mostly in Licki Osik (<10), Slatina (<10), Gornji Kosinj in Gospic area (<10), Rijeka (<5), and in Velika Gorica (<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.