Surname Pavin in modern Croatia

Pavin families are Croats and they are mostly from Donji Miholjac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and in Donji Miholjac area.

Prevalence

About 300 people with faimily name Pavin live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zadar (90), Moslavina Podravska in Donji Miholjac area (70), Donji Miholjac (25), Sutomiscica on the Island of Ugljan (25), and in Zagreb (25).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (4), the United States (1), Germany (1), France (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Pavin (including: Pawin , Pavvin ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. "Pawin " is used by some 50 people in Thailand , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Indonesia.

Characteristic first names

Nenad Pavin, Renata Pavin, Goran Pavin, Domagoj Pavin, Tomislav Pavin, Suzana Pavin, Manda Pavin, Silvano Pavin, Jasna Pavin, Denis Pavin, Karmela Pavin, Niko Pavin, Dražen Pavin, Ileana Pavin, Anita Pavin, Tina Pavin, Marko Pavin, Mario Pavin, Vlastimir Pavin

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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