Katinić families are Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanski Brod area) and in Slavonski Brod. In places Kričanovo and Donje Kolibe in Bosanian Posavina every ninth inhabitant had the family name Katinić.
Prevalence
About 360 people with faimily name Katinić live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 32 other places, mostly in Slavonski Brod (205), Zagreb (35), Podvinje (15), Bukovlje in Slavonski Brod area (15), and in Rijeka (<10).
Outside Croatia
At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), the United States (1), and to Canada (1). Family name Katinić is present in five countries on three continents. The family name "Katinic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Sweden.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.
