In Croatia, Pavešković families are Croats (from Omis ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Omis. In Naklice in Omis every tenth inhabitant had the family name Pavešković.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Pavešković live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent. They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and another small place , mostly in Naklice (35), Trogir (<10), Split (<10), Boraja (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Pavešković is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1842 in source Catholic Church Parish Records 1842.