Surname Pavelik in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pavelik families are generally Croats (from Nasice area ), very rarely Hungarians (also from Nasice area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pleternica area and in Nasice area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Pavelik live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and four other places, mostly in Podgorac in Nasice area (<10), Nasice (<5), Martin (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Novi Bezdan in Beli Manastir area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pavelik (including: Pavelic , Pavelich , Pavelick , Pawelic and Pavelichev ) is present in 28 countries on four continents. The family name "Pavelik " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Ukraine , and small number of people in Mexico. "Pavelick " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Pavelic " is used by some 600 people in Germany , about 200 in Austria , and some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Silvija Pavelik, Slavko Pavelik, Dario Pavelik, Željko Pavelik, Ivan Pavelik, Mira Pavelik, Milan Pavelik, Mario Pavelik, Eržebet Pavelik, Davor Pavelik, Franjo Pavelik, Julijana Pavelik, Zora Pavelik, Ana Pavelik, Irena Pavelik, Sara Pavelik, Josipa Pavelik, Karolina Pavelik, Julka Pavelik

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over eighty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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