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Surname Pajek in modern Croatia
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.
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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).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Pajek (including: Payek , Paiek , Payekh and Pajeck ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Pajek " is used by some 500 people in Poland , about 80 in the United States , and some 70 people in Japan. "Pajeck " is used by few people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Nikola Pajek,
Davorka Pajek,
Siniša Pajek,
Kristijan Pajek,
Dragutin Pajek,
Katarina Pajek,
Veljko Pajek,
Zvonko Pajek,
Miljenko Pajek,
Snježana Pajek,
Milenko Pajek,
Damir Pajek,
Tatjana Pajek,
Branimir Pajek,
Štefica Pajek,
Branka Pajek,
Zlatko Pajek,
Romana Pajek,
Višnja Pajek