In Croatia, Haliž families are Croats (from Pleternica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pleternica and Pozega.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Haliž live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Pleternica (15), and in Kutjevo (<5) and Ciglenik (<5) in Orahovica area.