Surname Paravić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Paravić families are generally Croats (from Bakar ), very rarely Italians (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Bakar.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Paravić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties and 7 other places, mostly in Rijeka (35), Krasica (<10), Ivanic-Grad (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Buzdohanj in Rijeka area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Chile (7), the United States (2), and to Germany (1).
Family name Paravić (including: Paravic , Paravich ) is present in 7 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Darko Paravić, Zoran Paravić, Kristina Paravić, Ozren Paravić, Janko Paravić, Dijana Paravić, Anri Paravić, Loris Paravić, Zvonimir Paravić, Andrija Paravić, Ivona Paravić, Matija Paravić, Romualdo Paravić, Bogoljub Paravić, Miljenko Paravić, Franjo Paravić, Marin Paravić, Ivica Paravić, Petar Paravić

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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