Alilović families are Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Ljubuski area) and in Middle Bosnia (Busovaca area). In Donja Rovna in Middle Bosnia every fifth inhabitant had the family name Alilović.
Prevalence
About 420 people with faimily name Alilović live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 32 cities and 41 other places, mostly in Zagreb (90), Slavonski Brod (30), Privlaka (25), Split (25), and in Vinkovci (25).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.