Surname Paul in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Paul families are predominantly Croats (from Novska area ), very rarely Czechs (from Novska ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novska area and in Novska.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Paul live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Lipovljani in Novska area (<10), Zadar (<5), Pula (<5), Djakovo (<5), and in Donji Humac on the Island of Brac (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), the United States (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Paul (including: Paull , Paulli , Pauel , Pahul , Pauhl , Paully , Ppaul , Phaul and Pauul ) is present in 199 countries worldwide. The family name "Paul " is used by some 200000 people in Tanzania , about 200000 in Bangladesh , and some 200000 people in the United States. "Paull " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Australia , and some 500 people in Great Britain. "Pauhl " is used by some 60 people in Canada and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ante Paul, Jasenka Paul, Susan Paul, Florin Paul, Thomas Paul, Ivanka Paul, Zlatko Paul, Ivan Paul, Nevenka Paul, Marcel Paul, Chris Paul, Ika Paul, Anica Paul, Bosiljka Paul, Viktorija Paul, Sonja Paul, Dinka Paul, Monika Paul, Patrick Paul

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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