In Croatia, Paliaga families are generally Italians (from Rovinj ), very rarely Croats (also from Rovinj ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Rovinj.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Paliaga live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in one Croatian city only, in Rovinj (35).
Outside Croatia
At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Australia (5) and the United States (1). Family name Paliaga is present in 7 countries on four continents. The family name "Paliaga " is used by some 400 people in Italy , small number in Australia , and small number of people in the United States.
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.