Surname Parilac in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Parilac families are Croats (from Jastrebarsko ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Jastrebarsko and Zagreb. In Toplice in Jastrebarsko every sixth inhabitant had the family name Parilac.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Parilac live in Croatia today, in 16 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, threee cities and 7 other places, mostly in Toplice (10), Samobor (<10), Zagreb (<5), Berek in Cazma area (<5), and in Novaki Petrovinski (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (5), the United States (2), and to Germany (1).
Family name Parilac is present in three countries on two continents. The family name "Parilac " is used by small number of people in Canada and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Denis Parilac, Tatjana Parilac, Mira Parilac, Željko Parilac, Petar Parilac, Robert Parilac, Danijel Parilac, Stjepan Parilac, Josip Parilac, Dragica Parilac, Josipa Parilac, Željka Parilac, Mirko Parilac, Marija Parilac, Đurđica Parilac, Božidar Parilac, Marina Parilac, Jasna Parilac, Zvjezdana Parilac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories