Kihalić families are Croats and they are mostly from Glina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina and Sisak. In Kihalac in Glina every third inhabitant had the family name Kihalić.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Kihalić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Petrinja (20), Zagreb (20), Kihalac (20), Prekopa (15), and in Karlovac (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Kihalić is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.