Surname Pilaj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pilaj families are almost entirely Croats (from Cakovec area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec area and in Cakovec.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Pilaj live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 5 other places, mostly in Gornji Mihaljevec (<10) and Dragoslavec Selo (<10) in Cakovec area, Motovun in Buzet area (<10), Porec (<5), and in Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pilaj (including: Pillay , Pilay , Pilai , Pelay , Pelaj , Pilei , Pillei , Pillayy and Pielaj ) is present in 90 countries worldwide. "Pielaj " is used by few people in the United States. "Pellei " is used by some 500 people in Italy , about 100 in Hungary , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vladimir Pilaj, Davor Pilaj, Božica Pilaj, Ivan Pilaj, Tamara Pilaj, Spomenka Pilaj, Milena Pilaj, Sanjin Pilaj, Stanislav Pilaj, Mirko Pilaj, Matea Pilaj, Ana Pilaj, Ljiljana Pilaj, Biserka Pilaj, Stjepan Pilaj, Suzana Pilaj, Danijela Pilaj, Stanko Pilaj, Nikola Pilaj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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