Latinac families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj area and in Sinj. In Trilj in Sinj area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Latinac.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Latinac live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and two other places, mostly in Trilj in Sinj area (40), Split (25), Zagreb (15), Sinj (<10), and in Vukovar (<10).
Outside Croatia
At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Canada (2) and the United States (1). Family name Latinac is present in five countries on three continents. The family name "Latinac " is used by few people in Australia , few people in Canada , and few people in the United States.
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.
