Surname Paro in modern Croatia

Paro families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Pag. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Pag and in Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Paro live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Pag on the Island of Pag (40), Rijeka (25), Zagreb (20), Split (20), and in Zadar (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Paro (including: Parro , Pharo , Paroo , Paroh , Paeroh , Pharoh , Paero , Pahero and Pharro ) is present in 69 countries worldwide. The family name "Paro " is used by some 4000 people in Brazil , about 1000 in Pakistan , and some 1000 people in the United States. "Paroo " is used by some 300 people in Pakistan , about 90 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Pharo " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 500 in South Africa , and some 400 people in Egypt.

Characteristic first names

Frane Paro, Đorđe Paro, Lovrenco Paro, Georgij Paro, Arsen Paro, Jerko Paro, Marina Paro, Doris Paro, Emil Paro, Nedjeljka Paro, Dražen Paro, Vanja Paro, Klara Paro, Mladen Paro, Darko Paro, Marijan Paro, Vladimir Paro, Michele Paro, Jure Paro

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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