In Croatia, Paladina families are Croats (from the Island of Pag ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Pag and in Rijeka.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Paladina live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 100 percent. They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Kolan on the Island of Pag (25), Rijeka (<10), Mandre on the Island of Pag (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Samobor (<5).