Surname Pajca in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pajca families are Croats (from Labin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Pazin.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Pajca live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Pazin (<10), Pula (<10), Smoljanci in Labin area (<10), Porec (<5), and in Tinjan in Pazin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pajca (including: Payza , Peica , Paiza , Paica , Paycha , Paizza , Palycha , Palyca and Payca ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. "Palyca " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mario Pajca, Sebastijan Pajca, Dušica Pajca, Martina Pajca, Nenad Pajca, Vedran Pajca, Nevenka Pajca, Elvis Pajca, Ernest Pajca, Damir Pajca, Gordana Pajca, Anica Pajca, Nevio Pajca, Smiljana Pajca, Nadija Pajca, Romina Pajca, Cecilija Pajca, Mirko Pajca, Marija Pajca

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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