Surname Palfi in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Palfi live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Koprivnica (20), Belica in Cakovec area (20), Cakovec (15), and in Gardinovec in Cakovec area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), the United States (1), Australia (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Palfi (including: Pálfi , Palfy , Pálffy , Palffy , Pálfy and Pallfy ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. The family name "Palfi " is used by some 400 people in Romania , about 200 in the United States , and some 80 people in Germany. "Palfy " is used by some 3000 people in Hungary , about 600 in the United States , and some 300 people in Germany. "Palffy " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 70 in Austria , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Damir Palfi, Smiljka Palfi, Božica Palfi, Milan Palfi, Siniša Palfi, Ankica Palfi, Franjo Palfi, Zoran Palfi, Ivan Palfi, Dražen Palfi, Andrija Palfi, Nada Palfi, Dragutin Palfi, Igor Palfi, Ernest Palfi, Davor Palfi, Ljiljana Palfi, Dijana Palfi, Andreja Palfi

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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