In Croatia, Polašek families are generally Croats (from Grubisno Polje area ), very rarely Czechs (from Bjelovar ), and barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Bjelovar.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Polašek live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Bjelovar (10), Sesvete (<10), Veliki Grdjevac in Grubisno Polje area (<5), and in Mlaka in Sveti Ivan Zelina area (<5).