Surname Palac in modern Croatia

Palac 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 (Grude area) and in Herzegovina (Mostar area).

Prevalence

About 260 people with faimily name Palac live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (135), Split (45), Imotski (15), Sesvete (<10), and in Dubrovnik (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Palac (including: Palazzo , Palaz , Palacz , Palach , Palacci , Pallach , Palacch , Palazz and Pallac ) is present in 77 countries worldwide. The family name "Palac " is used by some 1000 people in the Philippines , about 800 in Poland , and some 200 people in the United States. "Palazz " is used by few people in the United States. "Palacz " is used by some 2000 people in Poland , about 100 in Germany , and some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vjekoslav Palac, Miro Palac, Dinko Palac, Tomislav Palac, Anka Palac, Jozo Palac, Ivan Palac, Željko Palac, Branko Palac, Damir Palac, Ljiljanko Palac, Nataša Palac, Alen Palac, Janja Palac, Domagoj Palac, Vlado Palac, Drago Palac, Goran Palac, Marijana Palac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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