Surname Pajan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pajan families are Croats (from Novi Marof ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Kutina and Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Pajan live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Grana (20), Zagreb (20), Kutina (10), Gornje Makojisce (<10), and in Repusnica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pajan (including: Payan , Palyan , Phajhan , Payyan , Paian , Phajan , Phayan , Pahyan and Payhan ) is present in 66 countries worldwide. "Payan " is used by some 20000 people in Mexico , about 6000 in the United States , and some 5000 people in Colombia.

Characteristic first names

Vilko Pajan, Ivica Pajan, Danijel Pajan, Marina Pajan, Davor Pajan, Žarko Pajan, Robert Pajan, Stjepan Pajan, Antonio Pajan, Vinko Pajan, Ivan Pajan, Jelena Pajan, Barica Pajan, Andrija Pajan, Sonja Pajan, Josip Pajan, Daniel Pajan, Ivana Pajan, Vladimir Pajan

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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