Palinkaš families are often Croats and they are mostly from Djakovo area , less frequently Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Vukovar.
Prevalence
About 100 people with faimily name Palinkaš live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Osijek (15), Zagreb (10), Novi Bezdan in Beli Manastir area (10), Sarengrad (<10), and in Beli Manastir (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.