Slatina families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novi Marof and Trogir. In Orehovec in Novi Marof every eighth inhabitant had the family name Slatina.
Prevalence
About 150 people with faimily name Slatina live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Orehovec (20), Pozorac in Trogir area (20), Zagreb (15), Trogir (15), and in Split (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Slatina is present in 22 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.