. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Pag and in Senj.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Karavanić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and threee other places, mostly in Pag on the Island of Pag (25), Zagreb (20), Zadar (<10), Rijeka (<10), and in Novalja on the Island of Pag (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.