In Croatia, Pajkurić families are Croats (from Bakr area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Osijek.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Pajkurić live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Kostrena in Bakr area (<10), Zagreb (<5), Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (<5), Zuknica in Bakr area (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).
Outside Croatia
At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (2) and Austria (1). Family name Pajkurić (including: Pajkuric , Pajkurich ) is present in five countries on three continents. "Pajkurich " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.