Surname Zajec in modern Croatia

Zajec families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Krapina. In Požarkovec in Zabok area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Zajec.

Prevalence

About 980 people with faimily name Zajec live in Croatia today, in 380 households. There were 960 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 39 cities and 110 other places, mostly in Zagreb (315), Velika Ves (40), Varazdin (35), Kostelsko (35), and in Pozarkovec in Zabok area (30).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), Australia (2), the Netherlands (1), the United States (1), and to Spain (1).
Family name Zajec (including: Zaietz , Zayec , Zaiec , Zayez and Zayetz ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. The family name "Zajec " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 60 in Germany , and small number of people in Colombia. "Zayec " is used by small number of people in Ukraine , small number in Australia , and small number of people in the United States. "Zayez " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nenad Zajec, Biserka Zajec, Zdenko Zajec, Mauro Zajec, Vlasta Zajec, Tomislav Zajec, Marijan Zajec, Nadica Zajec, Velimir Zajec, Petar Zajec, Željko Zajec, Iva Zajec, Koraljka Zajec, Dragutin Zajec, Maja Zajec, Nikolina Zajec, Mladen Zajec, Hrvoje Zajec, Ivica Zajec

Mentions in sources

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

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