Parlov families are Croats and they are mostly from Imotski area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotski area and in Imotski area. In places Ričice and Slivno in Imotski area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Parlov.
Prevalence
About 550 people with faimily name Parlov live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 320 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent. They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 35 other places, mostly in Zagreb (160), Split (110), Imotski (40), Stobrec (35), and in Ricice in Imotski area (25).
Outside Croatia
Family name Parlov is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Parlov " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in Ghana , and small number of people in the United States. "Parlow " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 500 in Germany , and some 70 people in Canada.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.