Surname Paska in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Paska live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 37 other places, mostly in Varazdin (20), Breznica Nasicka in Nasice area (15), Prebukovje in Lepoglava area (15), Koska in Nasice area (10), and in Visnjevac (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Paska (including: Pasca , Paczka , Pascha , Paszka , Paskah , Paschka , Pascia , Paaska and Pashka ) is present in 63 countries worldwide. "Paschka " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Pascia " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Italy , and small number in Venezuela. "Paschoa " is used by some 2000 people in Brazil , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Paska, Mirela Paska, Siniša Paska, Gordana Paska, Sandra Paska, Milena Paska, Danijel Paska, Mario Paska, Stjepan Paska, Vlatka Paska, Boris Paska, Elizabeta Paska, Slobodan Paska, Katica Paska, Angela Paska, Selma Paska, Ljiljana Paska, Goran Paska, Čedomir Paska

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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