In Croatia, Pilinger families are generally Croats (from Ivanec ), very rarely Serbs, and barely Hungarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec and in Beli Manastir area. In Željeznica in Ivanec every tenth inhabitant had the family name Pilinger.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Pilinger live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Daruvar (<10), Beli Manastir (<10), Rezovac (<10), Punikve (<10), and in Radovan (<10).
