Laktić families are Croats and they are mostly from Obrovac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Gospic.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Laktić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Smiljan (10), Gracac in Knin area (<10), Godinjak in Nova Gradiska area (<10), and in Gospic (<10).
Outside Croatia
At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States. Family name Laktić is present in five countries.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.