Paus families are Croats and they are mostly from Labin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Labin area. In Orihi in Labin area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Paus.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Paus live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 0 percent. They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Pula (40), in Orihi (20) and Petehi (10) in Labin area, Pozega (<10), and in Zagreb (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1943 in source Directorium ARCHI-DIOECESI ZAGREBIENSI.