In Croatia, Pavlas families are Croats (from Vrbovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Vrbovec.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Pavlas live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only two naselja i to in Cugovec in Vrbovec area (<10) and Gornji Tkalec (<5).