Surname Pap in modern Croatia

Pap families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Djakovo area and according to some sources from Budimpeste , also Hungarians (from Osijek area ) and Rusyns (from Iloka area). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vinkovci and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 400 people with faimily name Pap live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 520 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 34 cities and 49 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Rijeka (25), Trnava in Djakovo area (20), Nustar in Vinkovci area (20), and in Vinkovci (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pap (including: Papp , Paap , Phaph , Paph , Ppap and Phap ) is present in 111 countries worldwide. "Papp " is used by some 50000 people in Hungary , about 8000 in the United States , and some 5000 people in Romania. "Paap " is used by some 2000 people in the Netherlands , about 800 in the United States , and some 700 people in Germany. "Paph " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Klaudio Pap, Siniša Pap, Đerđ Pap, Dalibor Pap, Đuro Pap, Vladimir Pap, Ivan Pap, Igor Pap, Eugen Pap, Melita Pap, Bernard Pap, Zlatko Pap, Andrija Pap, Dario Pap, Krunoslav Pap, Ljiljana Pap, Pero Pap, Aleksandar Pap, Albert Pap

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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