Surname Pavišić in modern Croatia

Pavišić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Brac. According to some sources they are from Turopolje and from Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Krizevci. In Apatovec in Krizevci every seventh inhabitant had the family name Pavišić.

Prevalence

About 540 people with faimily name Pavišić live in Croatia today, in 230 households. There were 650 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 42 other places, mostly in Zagreb (100), Velika Gorica (80), Krizevci (35), Bol on the Island of Brac (30), and in Split (30).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), the United States (3), Austria (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Pavišić (including: Pavisic , Pavisich , Pavissich and Pavissic ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Pavisic " is used by some 400 people in Bolivia , about 100 in Chile , and some 80 people in the United States. "Pavisich " is used by some 80 people in Bolivia , about 70 in Argentina , and some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Pavišić, Berislav Pavišić, Ivan Pavišić, Antun Pavišić, Goran Pavišić, Karmen Pavišić, Neven Pavišić, Juraj Pavišić, Smilja Pavišić, Ivančica Pavišić, Nikola Pavišić, Željko Pavišić, Sandra Pavišić, Josip Pavišić, Vladimir Pavišić, Ivica Pavišić, Slavko Pavišić, Ranka Pavišić, Petar Pavišić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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