In Croatia, Prlac families are Croats (from Makarska area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Makarska area and in Makarska. In Drašnice in Makarska area every fourtieth inhabitant had the family name Prlac.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Prlac live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Drasnice in Makarska area (15), Split (<10), and in Primosten in Sibenik area (<5).