Pantalon families are Croats and they are mostly from Zadar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and on the Island of Ugljan. In Poljana on the Island of Ugljan every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Pantalon.
Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Pantalon live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located and 6 other Croatian places, mostly in Zadar (65), Poljana on the Island of Ugljan (20), Rijeka (<10), Lovran in Opatija area (<10), and in Preko on the Island of Ugljan (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Pantalon is present in 16 countries worldwide. The family name "Pantalon " is used by some 100 people in Romania , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Mexico. "Pantallion " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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.