In Croatia, Mrlić families are Croats (from Sibenik area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik area and in Sibenik.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Mrlić live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Primosten in Sibenik area (<5), Kastel Gomilica (<5), and in Siroke in Sibenik area (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.