Pliško families are Croats and they are mostly from Labin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Labin area. In Manjadvorci in Labin area every second inhabitant had the family name Pliško.
Prevalence
About 180 people with faimily name Pliško live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in four Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Manjadvorci in Labin area (65), Pula (60), and in Muntic (<10), Belavici (<10) and Medulin (<10) in Pula area.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.