Surname Pavela in modern Croatia

Pavela families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj area and in Sinj. In Čaporice in Sinj area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Pavela.

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Pavela live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Split (70), Caporice in Sinj area (60), Solin (15), Osijek (<10), and in Trilj in Sinj area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (3), the United States (3), Canada (2), Argentina (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Pavela (including: Pawela , Pavella and Pawella ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Pavela " is used by some 200 people in Czech Republic , about 200 in the United States , and some 80 people in Argentina. "Pawela " is used by some 800 people in Poland , about 200 in the United States , and some 60 people in France. "Pavella " is used by some 100 people in Slovakia , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Hungary.

Characteristic first names

Leonardo Pavela, Milko Pavela, Jozo Pavela, Lukša Pavela, Sandra Pavela, Mirko Pavela, Jasna Pavela, Jakov Pavela, Miroslav Pavela, Karlo Pavela, Dušanka Pavela, Ivica Pavela, Ivan Pavela, Marin Pavela, Sanja Pavela, Miro Pavela, Dijana Pavela, Helena Pavela, Igor Pavela

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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