In Croatia, Pajek families are almost entirely Croats (from Koprivnica area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Koprivnica. In Miličani in Koprivnica area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Pajek.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Pajek live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Milicani in Koprivnica area (<10), Zagreb (<10), Sveti Ivan Zelina (<10), Veliki Potocec (<10), and in Cabraji (<10).