In Croatia, Piliši families are mainly Croats (from Djakovo area ), rarely Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo and in Beli Manastir area.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Piliši live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only four naselja i to in Viskovci in Djakovo area (<10), Djakovo (<5), and in Knezevi Vinogradi (<5) and Zmajevac (<5) in Beli Manastir area.