Surname Palaić in modern Croatia

Palaić families are Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and in Djurdjevac area. In Taborište in Petrinja every ninth inhabitant had the family name Palaić.

Prevalence

About 260 people with faimily name Palaić live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 310 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Sisak (45), Podravske Sesvete in Djurdjevac area (35), Zagreb (30), Petrinja (25), and in Velika Ludina in Cazma area (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Palaić (including: Palaic , Palaich , Palaichuk and Palaichev ) is present in 11 countries on three continents. The family name "Palaic " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Palaich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Davor Palaić, Davorka Palaić, Karlo Palaić, Jadranka Palaić, Marijan Palaić, Marija Palaić, Ljubica Palaić, Marijela Palaić, Lovro Palaić, Nikola Palaić, Josipa Palaić, Đuro Palaić, Suzana Palaić, Zlatica Palaić, Tomislav Palaić, Ivan Palaić, Marina Palaić, Ksenija Palaić, Martina Palaić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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