Surname Pavić in modern Croatia

Pavić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Krapina area. According to some sources they are from Pozega or Poljica, and are rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Tuzla Region, Bosnia (Tuzla area). In Lukovčak in Krapina area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Pavić.

Prevalence

About 7100 people with faimily name Pavić live in Croatia today, in 2800 households. There were 4400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 99 cities and 525 other places, mostly in Zagreb (1315), Split (500), Sinj (270), Zadar (265), and in Sukosan in Zadar area (210).

Outside Croatia

At least 127 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (56), Australia (16), the United States (15), Switzerland (10), Canada (7), Austria (7), Argentina (6), the Netherlands (2), France (2), the United Kingdom (2), Chile (2), Sweden (1), and to Brazil (1).
Family name Pavić (including: Pavic , Pavich , Pavick , Pawich , Pavics , Pavych , Pavici , Pawicz and Pawych ) is present in 49 countries worldwide. The family name "Pavic " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 600 in France , and some 600 people in the United States. "Pavich " is used by some 900 people in the United States , about 100 in Canada , and some 100 people in Ukraine. "Pawich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Josip Pavić, Ivan Pavić, Petar Pavić, Drago Pavić, Ivica Pavić, Ladislav Pavić, Matko Pavić, Zlata Pavić, Roman Pavić, Pero Pavić, Predrag Pavić, Ivana Pavić, Željko Pavić, Armin Pavić, Vjekoslav Pavić, Tomislav Pavić, Antonio Pavić, Danijela Pavić, Branka Pavić

Mentions in sources

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

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