In Croatia, Parilo families are Croats (from Peljesac Peninsula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik. In Dubrava on Peljesac Peninsula every thirtieth inhabitant had the family name Parilo.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Parilo live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only five Croatian places: in Dubrava (<5) and Putnikovic (<5) on the Peljesac peninsula, Nova Mokosica (<5), and in Ston (<5) and Zuljana (<5) on the Peljesac peninsula.