Surname Paher in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Paher families are almost entirely Croats (from Cazma ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cazma and Zagreb. In Andigola in Cazma every fifth inhabitant had the family name Paher.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Paher live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zdenac in Ogulin area (<10), Novoselec in Ivanic-Grad area (<10), Tusilovic (<10), Slavonski Brod (<10), and in Ivanic-Grad (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Paher (including: Pacher , Pather , Pachler , Pachter , Pachner , Pachtner , Pathier , Pachtler and Pachauer ) is present in 56 countries worldwide. The family name "Paher " is used by small number of people in Indonesia and small number in the United States. "Pachter " is used by some 700 people in the United States , about 300 in France , and some 200 people in Israel. "Pachner " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 300 in Austria , and some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Đuro Paher, Mladen Paher, Dario Paher, Miroslav Paher, Silvijo Paher, Vlado Paher, Sandra Paher, Nenad Paher, Dorjan Paher, Nikola Paher, Ranka Paher, Marko Paher, Nevenka Paher, Željko Paher, Josip Paher, Manda Paher, Ivan Paher, Andrija Paher, Mirjana Paher

Mentions in sources

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

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