In Croatia, Palik families are predominantly Croats (from Ilok ), rarely Slovaks (also from Ilok ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Srijem, Vojvodina.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Palik live in Croatia today, in three households only. They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Ilok (<5) and Vinkovci (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.