In Croatia, Štelma families are predominantly Croats (from Novska area ), very rarely Slovaks (also from Novska area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novska area and in Varazdin.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Štelma live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in two Croatian counties, in one city and another small place , mostly in Lipovljani in Novska area (10) and Zagreb (<10).