Surname Paklar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Paklar families are mainly Serbs, less frequently Croats (from Vinkovci ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis and Vinkovci. In Biočić in Drnis every sixth inhabitant had the family name Paklar.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Paklar live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and two other places, mostly in Siveric (20), Vinkovci (10), Zagreb (<10), Sibenik (<10), and in Knin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Paklar is present in 16 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Snežana Paklar, Mladen Paklar, Saša Paklar, Marina Paklar, Mira Paklar, Blanka Paklar, Nataša Paklar, Larisa Paklar, Suzana Paklar, Ljubica Paklar, Barbara Paklar, Mirjana Paklar, Dejan Paklar, Jasna Paklar, Mile Paklar, Mirko Paklar, Rajko Paklar, Predrag Paklar, Srđan Paklar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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