Surname Paunović in modern Croatia

Paunović families are often Croats and they are mostly from Garesnica area , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Bjelovar.

Prevalence

About 390 people with faimily name Paunović live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 550 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 40 cities and 45 other places, mostly in Zagreb (105), Split (20), Hrvatska Kostajnica (20), Osijek (20), and in Karlovac (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), Austria (3), Sweden (2), Finland (1), the United States (1), and to France (1).
Family name Paunović (including: Paunovich , Paunovic , Paunovici and Paunowitsch ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. "Paunovich " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 50 in Argentina , and small number of people in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Paunović, Mario Paunović, Petar Paunović, Dražen Paunović, Nikola Paunović, Dubravka Paunović, Bernard Paunović, Josip Paunović, Tatjana Paunović, Zorica Paunović, Ivan Paunović, Tomislav Paunović, Antun Paunović, Siniša Paunović, Maja Paunović, Dragoslav Paunović, Branko Paunović, Anđelka Paunović, Kornela Paunović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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