Pauk families are Croats and they are mostly from Drnis area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis area and in Sibenik.
Prevalence
About 210 people with faimily name Pauk live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Split (70), Sibenik (50), Stitar (25), Zagreb (15), and in Ruzic in Drnis area (10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1710 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.