Family name Pataj (Pataj 
, Патай 
) , worldwide, is a rare cognomen. The family name Pataj is characteristic of Slovakia, where it is quite a rare surname, Albania, and Hungary. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Eastern Europe, particularly Ukraine, Poland, and Hungary. Likewise, Pataj is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Pataj | Albania, Hungary, India, Poland, Slovakia |
| Патай | Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia |
| pataj mihály, cs. painter (1921-2008), HU (b. 1921) |
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| xhevdet pataj AL (b. 1935) |
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| zoltán pataj researcher |
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