In Croatia, Palička families are Croats (from Pleternica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Pleternica area.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Palička live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Zagreb (<10) and Rijeka (<5).
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.