Zlatović families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Hrvatska Kostajnica area , whereas often Croats from Serbia. According to some sources to je Croats from Sibenik area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Hrvatska Kostajnica area and in Vinkovci area. In Ljeskovac in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Zlatović.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Zlatović live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Orolik in Vinkovci area (15), Sibenik (10), Split (10), and in Ljeskovac in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.