Surname Pajer in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pajer families are generally Croats (from Daruvar area ), very rarely Czechs, and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Daruvar area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Pajer live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and two other places, mostly in Rijeka (<10), Zagreb (<10), Daruvar (<10), Popovaca in Kutina area (<5), and in Dezanovac in Daruvar area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pajer (including: Payer , Paier , Peier , Phayer , Payeer and Palyer ) is present in 53 countries worldwide. The family name "Pajer " is used by some 800 people in Czech Republic , about 600 in Hungary , and some 400 people in the United States. "Payer " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 1000 in Austria , and some 1000 people in the United States. "Payeer " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Davor Pajer, Karolina Pajer, Dragan Pajer, Ivana Pajer, Davorka Pajer, Ingrid Pajer, Hrvoje Pajer, Marina Pajer, Valter Pajer, Robert Pajer, Dubravko Pajer, Katica Pajer, Vlasta Pajer, Josip Pajer, Silvija Pajer, Tamara Pajer, Karlo Pajer, Željka Pajer, Ankica Pajer

Mentions in sources

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

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