In Croatia, Palikuća families are generally Croats (from Vrbovec ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pozega.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Palikuća live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are only located in threee Croatian cities and 10 other places, mostly in Blagusa (25), Kasina (15), Zagreb (10), Vrbovec (<10), and in Sesvete (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Palikuća is present in 11 countries on three continents.
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.