Pažur families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof area. According to some sources the family name originates from Hungary. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Novi Marof area.
Prevalence
About 220 people with faimily name Pažur live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 220 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 24 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Budinscina in Zlatar area (25), Breznicki Hum in Novi Marof area (15), Novi Marof (15), and in Jertovec in Zlatar area (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Pažur (including: Pazur , Pazhur and Pazúr ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. The family name "Pazur " is used by some 1000 people in Poland , about 200 in Slovakia , and some 200 people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.