In Croatia, Palorec families are Croats (from Velika Gorica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Velika Gorica. In Drenje Šćitarjevsko in Velika Gorica every sixth inhabitant had the family name Palorec.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Palorec live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 6 other places, mostly in Velika Gorica (10), Drenje Scitarjevsko (10), Sesvete (<10), Ivanja Reka (<5), and in Micevec (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Palorec is present in this form only in Croatia.