In Croatia, Pavich families are predominantly Italians (from Buje ), rarely Croats (from Zadar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Umag.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Pavich live in Croatia today, in two households only. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Buje (<5), Petrcane (<5), and in Zadar (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over seventy times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.