Surname Pajtak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 350 people with faimily name Pajtak live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 360 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 38 other places, mostly in Varazdin (45), Vinica in Ivanec area (40), Zagreb (30), Hrastovljan in Ludbreg area (15), and in Cakovec (15).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), Austria (1), the United States (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Pajtak (including: Paytak , Paithak and Paitak ) is present in 17 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Nedjeljko Pajtak, Mirko Pajtak, Kristina Pajtak, Alen Pajtak, Marija Pajtak, Ivan Pajtak, Branko Pajtak, Željko Pajtak, Siniša Pajtak, Denis Pajtak, Mato Pajtak, Jolanda Pajtak, Zlatko Pajtak, Azra Pajtak, Tomo Pajtak, Gordana Pajtak, Tomislav Pajtak, Nenad Pajtak, Dragan Pajtak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1769 in source 18th Century Census.

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