Palada families are Croats and they are mostly from Trogir area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Trogir area and in Trogir. In places Dograde and Gustirna in Trogir area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Palada.
Prevalence
About 340 people with faimily name Palada live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Dograde in Trogir area (105), Trogir (65), Split (55), Zagreb (30), and in Marina in Trogir area (20).
Outside Croatia
Family name Palada is present in 33 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.