In Croatia, Paleščak families are Croats (from Zapresic area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zapresic area.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Paleščak live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Zagreb (20), Prigorje Brdovecko in Zapresic area (<5), and in Zapresic (<5).