Surname Pajić in modern Croatia

Pajić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Cazinska Krajina Region (Bosnia), often Serbs, very rarely Bosniaks (from Cazinska Krajina Region , Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area) and in Rama, Bosnia (Prozor area). In Pajići in Rama (Bosnia) every fourth inhabitant had the family name Pajić.

Prevalence

About 750 people with faimily name Pajić live in Croatia today, in 360 households. There were 460 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 59 cities and 117 other places, mostly in Zagreb (135), Rijeka (55), Karlovac (30), Vinkovci (25), and in Vukovar (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (4), Sweden (2), France (2), Germany (2), Austria (1), the United States (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Pajić (including: Pajic , Pajich and Payich ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Pajic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 200 in Germany , and some 90 people in Austria. "Pajich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Australia. "Payich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Suzana Pajić, Anto Pajić, Marin Pajić, Krešimir Pajić, Damir Pajić, Lazo Pajić, Mirjana Pajić, Stipo Pajić, Marko Pajić, Ivica Pajić, Dragica Pajić, Zlatko Pajić, Radomir Pajić, Slobodan Pajić, Vladimir Pajić, Irena Pajić, Viktorija Pajić, Jerry Pajić, Željko Pajić

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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