Surname Palajsa in modern Croatia

Palajsa families are Croats and they are mostly from Karlovac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and in Duga Resa area. In places Skupica and Bukovje Netretićko in Duga Resa area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Palajsa.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Palajsa live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties and 12 other places, mostly in Karlovac (145), Duga Resa (20), Skupica in Duga Resa area (<10), Split (<10), and in Podvozic in Duga Resa area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Palajsa (including: Palaisa , Palaysa ) is present in 7 countries on three continents. The family name "Palajsa " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States. "Palaisa " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Juraj Palajsa, Branko Palajsa, Gordana Palajsa, Željka Palajsa, Tomislav Palajsa, Drita Palajsa, Renato Palajsa, Mijo Palajsa, Nenad Palajsa, Vladimir Palajsa, Renata Palajsa, Ankica Palajsa, Vlasta Palajsa, Ivan Palajsa, Tanja Palajsa, Mario Palajsa, Snježana Palajsa, Boris Palajsa, Alenka Palajsa

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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