In Croatia, Maliković families are predominantly Croats (from Slovenia ), rarely Slovenes (from Rijeka ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slovenia.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Maliković live in Croatia today, in three households only. They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Rijeka (<10) and Pula (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.