Surname Pajk in modern Croatia

Pajk families are Croats and they are mostly from Pregrada area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Pregrada area.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Pajk live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Pula (<5), Vukovo Selo in Zapresic area (<5), Pristava in Klanjec area (<5), and in Klanjecko in Pregrada area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pajk (including: Paik , Paick , Payk , Pajchel , Pajchl , Palyk , Paaik , Pajcz and Pajc ) is present in 75 countries worldwide. The family name "Pajk " is used by some 200 people in Poland , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Czech Republic. "Payk " is used by some 60 people in Ukraine , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Paik " is used by some 50000 people in Korea (South) , about 5000 in the United States , and some 3000 people in Bangladesh.

Characteristic first names

Julijan Pajk, Dubravka Pajk, Vesna Pajk, Danko Pajk, Danijela Pajk, Dragica Pajk, Josip Pajk, Ivan Pajk, Dario Pajk, Jadranka Pajk, Ninoslav Pajk, Slavko Pajk, Renata Pajk, Dragutin Pajk, Željka Pajk, Robert Pajk, Hrvoje Pajk, Vinka Pajk, Ruža Pajk

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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