In Croatia, Škrlin-Batina families are Croats (from Oroslavje area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Oroslavje area and in Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Škrlin-Batina live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and 5 other places, mostly in Gornja Bistra (55) and Donja Bistra (<10) in Oroslavje area, Slunj (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Oroslavje (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Škrlin-Batina 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.