Surname Pauk in modern Croatia

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).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pauk (including: Pauc , Pauck , Pauch , Pauchi , Phauk , Paukh , Paucha , Pauche and Pauek ) is present in 63 countries worldwide. "Pauck " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 100 in Honduras , and some 60 people in the United States. "Phauk " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Pauc " is used by some 500 people in France , about 100 in Haiti , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zdenko Pauk, Snježana Pauk, Zdenka Pauk, Goran Pauk, Luka Pauk, Anita Pauk, Franjo Pauk, Kata Pauk, Ida Pauk, Ante Pauk, Dragana Pauk, Ivana Pauk, Ivica Pauk, Neda Pauk, Željko Pauk, Radomir Pauk, Boris Pauk, Ljubica Pauk, Jordanka Pauk

Mentions in sources

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.

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