Surname Pater in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pater families are Croats (from Oroslavje ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area).

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Pater live in Croatia today, in five households only.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Zagreb (<10) and Oroslavje (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pater (including: Pather , Patter , Pathier , Pateer , Pathauer , Páter and Phater ) is present in 91 countries worldwide. The family name "Pater " is used by some 8000 people in Poland , about 3000 in the Netherlands , and some 2000 people in the United States. "Patter " is used by some 200 people in Thailand , about 100 in Bangladesh , and some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Rudolf Pater, Stjepan Pater, Branka Pater, Robert Pater, Aleksandra Pater, Danijela Pater, Nada Pater, Tvrtko Pater, Sara Pater, Jan Pater, Patrik Pater, Dragutin Pater, Antonija Pater, Blaženka Pater, Francika Pater, Franciska Pater, Slavko Pater

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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