Pelin families are Croats and they are mostly from Krapina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek.
Prevalence
About 170 people with faimily name Pelin live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Djurmanec in Krapina area (30), Krapina (15), Osijek (15), and in Nasice (15).
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.