Tatai families are mainly Hungarians and they are mostly from Beli Manastir area , but often Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Beli Manastir area and in Osijek.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Tatai live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 8 other places, mostly in Lug in Osijek area (15), Batina in Beli Manastir area (15), Osijek (10), Crikvenica (<10), and in Knezevo in Beli Manastir area (<10).