Stavljenić families are Croats and they are mostly from Karlovac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac. U Gradu Karlovcu every six-hundredth inhabitant had the family name Stavljenić.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Stavljenić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located and threee other Croatian places, mostly in Karlovac (70), Husje (15), Zagreb (<10), Vodice (<10), and in Donje Mekusje (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Stavljenić is present in this form only in Croatia.
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.