Surname Pacek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pacek families are generally Croats (from Vinkovci area ), very rarely Serbs, and barely Hungarians (from Osijek area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Vinkovci.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Pacek live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Osijek (20), Laslovo in Osijek area (<10), Zagreb (<10), Visnjevac (<10), and in Vinkovci (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pacek (including: Patzek , Pachecho , Pachec , Pachek , Pazek , Pacheck , Pacheci and Paceck ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. The family name "Pacek " is used by some 5000 people in Poland , about 600 in the United States , and some 300 people in Slovakia. "Patzek " is used by some 300 people in Germany and small number in the United States. "Paceck " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jasmina Pacek, Dragan Pacek, Sanja Pacek, Ivica Pacek, Ivana Pacek, Hrvoje Pacek, Miroslava Pacek, Saša Pacek, Stevo Pacek, Tanja Pacek, Magdalena Pacek, Ljubica Pacek, Tomislav Pacek, Boris Pacek, Jože Pacek, Josip Pacek, Marija Pacek, Stjepan Pacek, Ljiljana Pacek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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