Pitlović families are Croats and they are mostly from Slavonski Brod area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod and in Slavonski Brod area. In Klakar in Slavonski Brod area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Pitlović.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Pitlović live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located and four other Croatian places, mostly in Klakar in Slavonski Brod area (45), Slavonski Brod (45), Zagreb (<5), Djakovo (<5), and in Dubocac in Pleternica area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Pitlović is present in this form only in Croatia.
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.