Patafta families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 280 people with faimily name Patafta live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Cakovec (55), Zagreb (50), Varazdin (25), Turcisce in Prelog area (15), and in Prelog (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Patafta is present in four countries on three continents.
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.