In Croatia, Paviša families are Croats (from Djurdjevac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Velika Gorica.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Paviša live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are only located in four Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Kalinovac in Djurdjevac area (15), Zagreb (15), Novo Cice (15), Dubrovnik (<10), and in Velika Gorica (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Paviša (including: Pavisa , Pavisha ) is present in three countries on two continents. "Pavisha " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.