Pataki families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Djakovo area , less frequently Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo and Osijek.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Pataki live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Djakovo (15), Drenje in Djakovo area (15), Osijek (10), Karanac in Beli Manastir area (<10), and in Vinkovci (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.