Surname Pajc in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Pajc live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Zagreb (<5), Osijek (<5), and in Vukovar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pajc (including: Paiz , Paic , Palych , Paitz , Payz , Paych , Pajcz , Paicz and Pajzs ) is present in 68 countries worldwide. "Paiz " is used by some 40000 people in Guatemala , about 7000 in Nicaragua , and some 6000 people in the United States. "Paitz " is used by some 90 people in the United States. "Pajcz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branimir Pajc, Anđelka Pajc, Hrvoje Pajc, Tomislav Pajc, Lovorka Pajc, Vladimir Pajc, Zrinka Pajc, Emil Pajc, Marin Pajc, Hilda Pajc, Irena Pajc, Irene Pajc, Vladimira Pajc, Željka Pajc

Mentions in sources

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

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