Surname Pajas in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Pajas live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Starjak (<10), Hrvatski Leskovac (<5), Kupinecki Kraljevec (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Klinca Sela in Jastrebarsko area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pajas (including: Payas , Paias , Paayas , Payass , Palyas , Palyash , Phayas and Pajass ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. The family name "Pajas " is used by some 50 people in Spain , small number in the Philippines , and small number of people in the United States. "Palyas " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Palyash " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mirjana Pajas, Tomislav Pajas, Vladimir Pajas, Ferdinand Pajas, Janko Pajas, Zlata Pajas, Alenka Pajas, Manuela Pajas, Dražen Pajas, Ivica Pajas, Ferdo Pajas, Ivan Pajas, Stjepan Pajas, Dragica Pajas, Josip Pajas, Marko Pajas, Bara Pajas, Mijo Pajas, Ana Pajas

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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