Surname Ajman in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ajman families are almost entirely Croats (from Pakrac ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pakrac and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Ajman live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, four cities and four other places, mostly in Prekopakra (10), Pakrac (<10), Rijeka (<5), Omanovac (<5), and in Sesvete (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ajman (including: Ayman , Aiman , Heiman , Eiman , Eimann , Hajman , Alyman , Aaiman and Aymann ) is present in 106 countries worldwide. "Aymann " is used by few people in the United States. "Heiman " is used by some 4000 people in the United States , about 300 in Israel , and some 100 people in Sweden. "Eimann " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 90 in Namibia , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Borislav Ajman, Ivana Ajman, Valter Ajman, Mario Ajman, Dražen Ajman, Dario Ajman, Mustafa Ajman, Maja Ajman, Senka Ajman, Zorka Ajman, Valerija Ajman, Mato Ajman, Josip Ajman, Krešimir Ajman, Mira Ajman, Gordana Ajman, Zdenko Ajman, Miodrag Ajman, Jela Ajman

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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