In Croatia, Zlatolas families are Croats (from Klanjec ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Klanjec and Zabok. In Lepoglavec in Klanjec every eighth inhabitant had the family name Zlatolas.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Zlatolas live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in one Croatian city only, in Klanjec (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Zlatolas 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 1943 in source Directorium ARCHI-DIOECESI ZAGREBIENSI.