Štavlić families are Croats and they are mostly from Gospic. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Gospic and Pozega.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Štavlić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Gospic (25), Zagreb (25), Pleternica (15), Pozega (15), and in Vodice (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Štavlić 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.