In Croatia, Apalović families are Croats (from Sisak ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and Petrinja.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Apalović live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only four naselja i to in Madzari (20), Sisak (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Sljivosevci in Donji Miholjac area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Apalović (including: Apalovic , Apalovich ) is present in five countries on two continents. "Apalovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.