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Surname Pavan in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Pavan families are almost entirely Croats (from the Island of Krk ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Krk and in Rijeka. In Vrbnik on the Island of Krk every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Pavan.
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Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Pavan live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and two other places, mostly in Vrbnik on the Island of Krk (40), Zagreb (15), Krk on the Island of Krk (<10), Karlovac (<5), and in Slavonski Brod (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Pavan (including: Pawan , Pavhan , Pahwan , Paawan , Pawaan , Pavann and Pawwan ) is present in 71 countries worldwide. "Pavhan " is used by few people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Josip Pavan,
Gordana Pavan,
Marijan Pavan,
Jelena Pavan,
Vesna Pavan,
Giorgio Pavan,
Hrvoje Pavan,
Mate Pavan,
Davorka Pavan,
Dino Pavan,
Lovro Pavan,
Božica Pavan,
Pietro Pavan,
Nata Pavan,
Jagoda Pavan,
Jelka Pavan,
Dubravko Pavan,
Borko Pavan,
Kristina Pavan
