In Croatia, Opatić families are almost entirely Croats (from Pazin area ), barely Italians (from Pazin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Pazin. In Novaki Pazinski in Pazin area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Opatić.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Opatić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in four Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Porec (<10), in Cerovlje (<10) and Zminj (<10) in Pazin area, Rijeka (<10), and in Cres on the Island of Cres (<10).
