In Croatia, Palanović families are Croats (from Zlatar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zlatar area.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Palanović live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in two Croatian counties, in one city and another small place , mostly in Marija Bistrica in Zlatar area (10) and Zagreb (10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.