In Croatia, Stehlik families are generally Croats (from Pleternica ), very rarely Czechs (from Kastel Sucurac ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pleternica and Pozega. In Resnik in Pleternica every thirtieth inhabitant had the family name Stehlik.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Stehlik live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and threee other places, mostly in Resnik (10), Pula (10), Rijeka (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Slavonski Brod (<5).