Surname Pajdak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pajdak families are generally Croats (from Bjelovar area ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Virovitica.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Pajdak live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Rijeka (<10), Malo Trojstvo in Bjelovar area (<10), Suhopolje in Virovitica area (<5), Virovitica (<5), and in Viskovo in Rijeka area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pajdak (including: Paydak , Paidak ) is present in 13 countries on four continents. The family name "Pajdak " is used by some 400 people in Poland , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Kornelija Pajdak, Jovan Pajdak, Snježana Pajdak, Svjetlana Pajdak, Debora Pajdak, Miljenko Pajdak, Jasminka Pajdak, Ljiljana Pajdak, Srđan Pajdak, Ivana Pajdak, Enea Pajdak, Doris Pajdak, Milan Pajdak, Dragan Pajdak, Antonio Pajdak, Marija Pajdak, Anka Pajdak, Milorad Pajdak, Milica Pajdak

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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