Surname Pajković in modern Croatia

Pajković families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Labin area , rarely Montenegrins. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Labin area. In Pajkovići in Labin area every second inhabitant had the family name Pajković.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Pajković live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are only located in in 10 Croatian cities and 15 other places, mostly in Pula (45), Pajkovici in Labin area (20), Rovinj (15), Vodnjan in Pula area (10), and in Boskari in Labin area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pajković (including: Pajkovic , Pajkovich , Paikovic and Paikovich ) is present in 11 countries on three continents. "Paikovic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Pajković, Jasna Pajković, Nenad Pajković, Sanija Pajković, Marinko Pajković, Katica Pajković, Sandi Pajković, Lidija Pajković, Marijan Pajković, Davor Pajković, Nataša Pajković, Elvisa Pajković, Kristijan Pajković, Marko Pajković, Iva Pajković, Neven Pajković, Elio Pajković, Adrijano Pajković, Sandra Pajković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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