Surname Paj in modern Croatia

Paj families are Croats and they are mostly from Zagreb. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Dugo Selo area.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Paj live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 8 other places, mostly in Kasina (25), Zagreb (20), Dugo Selo (15), Glavnica Gornja (15), and in Adamovec (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Paj (including: Pai , Pay , Paly , Paai , Phajh , Paay , Palyy , Phaj and Pahy ) is present in 131 countries worldwide. The family name "Paj " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Paay " is used by some 100 people in Indonesia , small number in the Netherlands , and small number of people in the United States. "Pahy " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Robert Paj, Boris Paj, Davor Paj, Štefica Paj, Branko Paj, Marina Paj, Krešimir Paj, Mirjana Paj, Zvonimir Paj, Katarina Paj, Bernardina Paj, Tomislav Paj, Franjo Paj, Zlatko Paj, Bosiljka Paj, Damir Paj, Sanja Paj, Dunja Paj, Goran Paj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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