Surname Fajs in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Fajs families are Croats (from Cakovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Cakovec.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Fajs live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Nedelisce in Cakovec area (<10), Karlovac (<5), Sveta Marija in Prelog area (<5), and in Dragoslavec Selo in Cakovec area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Fajs (including: Fais , Fays , Faiss , Feis , Feiss , Fahys , Falys , Phais and Phays ) is present in 63 countries worldwide. "Phays " is used by few people in the United States. "Phais " is used by few people in the United States. "Faiss " is used by some 600 people in Germany , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in Switzerland.

Characteristic first names

Marijan Fajs, Božidar Fajs, Marin Fajs, Dušan Fajs, Silvana Fajs, Fani Fajs, Lucijan Fajs, Nada Fajs, Alojz Fajs, Vlatka Fajs, Anka Fajs, Draženka Fajs, Zvonka Fajs, Josip Fajs, Vinka Fajs, Zvonko Fajs, Milka Fajs, Mladen Fajs, Željko Fajs

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1938 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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